crochetkim's Orchard garden
Garden Type: Orchard | Sun: Full Sun | Soil: Don't Know | Established: 2010
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Prior to moving here, there were 2 20+-year-old apple trees (one Golden Delicious, the other perhaps Granny Smith). They harvest one month apart. There is a 20+-year-old crabapple tree and a 20+-year-old grape vine of unknown variety (purple). There is an unknown variety of pear, about 6 or 7 years’ old. And, an elberta peach about 6 or 7 years’ old. There is another pear tree, which had never produced fruit until this year and we thought it might be a non-bearing variety. Unfortunately, all the fruit was “taken out” by a crop duster flying too low. There are 2 sour plum trees, both 20 years’ old. There is a 20-year-old Mission fig tree. And, there is an 8-year-old gala apple tree. There is a 20-year-old wild cherry tree. All the 20+-year-old trees were planted by my grandmother. The younger trees were planted by my mother. These new plantings were added in October 2010 after I moved in.
crochetkim's Orchard garden is an outdoor garden and is located in MALVERN, United States and currently contains 15 plants.
Situated in a Full Sun position, this Orchard garden is located in USDA Zone 7b.Plantings
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Sweetheart Apricot Day 70
Prunus armeniaca
Purchased on 10 Apr 13 http://www.starkbros.com/products/fruit-trees/a...
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Prunus persica
Planting Out on 15 Nov 11 Purchased 1 Leprechaun Dwarf Nectarine Tree htt...
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Vitis vinifera
Planting Out on 15 Nov 11 Purchased 1 blueberry grape vine http://www.wil...
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Malus domestica
Established on 17 Apr 11 There are two 20-year-old trees and a 6 or 7-ye...
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Pyrus communis
Established on 17 Apr 11 There are 2 pear trees of unknown variety. They...
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Prunus persica
Transplanted on 06 Oct 10
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Prunus armeniaca
Purchased on 06 Oct 10 http://www.willisorchards.com/product/Autumn+Ro...
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Malus domestica
Established in 2004 My mother planted in about 2005.
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Prunus persica
Established in 2004 This peach tree was planted by my mother about ...
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Malus augustifolia
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Fragaria virginiana
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Ficus carica
20+ year old fig tree. Really heavy producer. D...
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Prunus domestica
Two 20-year-old trees. Very heavy producers, ev...
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Vitis vinifera
20+ year old grape vine. We cut it way back and...
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Comments
seeingreen wrote:
Welcome to folia. It’s a great site with so many features – I’m still not up to speed on them all – I joined in Feb. Being able to draw on the collective experience of so many real gardeners is so useful – I’m having too many late nights though, being a bit of an info junkie.
Wow – fancy having 13 acres to play with and how lovely to have an orchard with a history. Look forward to following its progress.
Posted on 19 May 11 (about 2 years ago)
crochetkim wrote:
It is pretty fun to live out here. I like to call it our little village. I live in this house, my mother lives next door and my grandmother lives on the other side. Every day is an adventure from finding new things (like the abundant wild grape vine we found a couple of days’ ago) to trying to keep my grandmother from running over my garden beds with her hover-round! Yep, just yesterday, she ploughed through some of the poor sedum. LOL It’s my first time having a house and wow! Fun fun! :-) Thanks for writing.
Posted on 19 May 11 (about 2 years ago)
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