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Apple trees!
brooklyn1 wrote:
On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 16:03:01 -0400, "cshenk" wrote: "brooklyn1" wrote "cshenk" wrote: I planted them late fall, later than normally advised and with the far harsher than normal winter on the east coast, expected they had died. 2 weeks ago we saw buds. Last week we saw a few greening bits. Today, literally overnight one burst into bloom and the other looks like it will tomorrow. Grin, YEAH! Yeah, fruit trees are beginning to blossom in the NE. Heheh well it's my only 2 fruit trees and the only apples anyplace nearby so the neighbors are all wandering up to make a happy glance (friendly neighbors, not a problem!). Lettuce busting loose too. Wow, you grow lettuce in your bra! LOL Snicker, container garden. I'm trying spinach and broccoli too for the first time. I have 6 tomatoes in a container and 2 in the yard. The Sweet William is burting with glorous flowers too! I'm thinking to put in some lilac along the side of the house. I like evergreens for foundation shrubs, they soften the starkness of masonary where the building meets the ground all year... I'd place lilac away from the house, perhaps near the road and/or at property lines to offer some privacy during warm seasons when people are about. Lilac loves full sun, it can grow large and with judicious pruning becomes dense. Shrubs that produce sweet smelling flowers also attract bees, so you want to place them away from where people congregate outdoors and from where doors and windows are apt to be opened. Oh, tell me about evergreens for foundation plantings (sigh). The new house has hydrangeas in front of it, and it looks hideous. I learned the lesson about flowering shrubs at my parents' house. We had to wend our way past the swarming bees to get to the door. Ack! -- Jean B. |
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