tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28663723.post7858394723478768821..comments2023-11-05T05:27:55.905-06:00Comments on A Homesteading Neophyte: Really love your peaches, want to shake your treePhelanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08250080326099834661noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28663723.post-516882927978562222007-04-01T08:55:00.000-05:002007-04-01T08:55:00.000-05:00Thank you for this info! Hopefully I get peaches t...Thank you for this info! Hopefully I get peaches this year. The cold or wind always knocks me out of them!Celestehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02185860853151726676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28663723.post-10662042620326626422007-03-27T22:56:00.000-05:002007-03-27T22:56:00.000-05:00Love the headline on this post. You are (for so ma...Love the headline on this post. You are (for so many reasons) one clever girl.annullahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12653591034892685511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28663723.post-609875489120150732007-03-26T19:16:00.000-05:002007-03-26T19:16:00.000-05:00I've worked in a peach orchard, owned by a master ...I've worked in a peach orchard, owned by a master orchardist. He really knew how to prune properly and had 20 year old trees that were productive. We had a volunteer back at a place we rented, not prime peach country. It would get leaf curl every year but still turned out the peaches. I'm at too high of an altitude (1700 ft) to grow them at my current home.<BR/><BR/>I live in the Columbia River Gorge, which is prime fruit country. Way too many apple and pear orchards have been pulled down to build tract homes for the "trendy" tourist who now visit here. A bit further east, they still grow the bulk of the sweet cherry crop in the US. Don't know how they will manage to compete with the prices they charge for cherries from Chile. I miss working in the orchards. It's a shame they don't protect farmlands.Terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13382050215676302342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28663723.post-37580963515170340122007-03-26T17:15:00.000-05:002007-03-26T17:15:00.000-05:00Oh, now I miss my old peach tree again. It was esp...Oh, now I miss my old peach tree again. It was espaliered against the old house and, from some (bad?) advice, cut it down. <BR/><BR/>Of course, at the time we had no idea how to take care of it and it always had peach leaf curl and the peaches weren't very good, so it seemed like a good idea.<BR/><BR/>It forever changed the appearance of the house. For the worse.<BR/><BR/>Well, I'll be thinking of you when those peaches are ripe! Do you can them or just eat them like crazy?Crunchy Chickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10612320939936593420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28663723.post-33070234458145358782007-03-26T10:46:00.000-05:002007-03-26T10:46:00.000-05:00If y'all have time when you come down for Sombrea,...If y'all have time when you come down for Sombrea, we can take a quick drive over towards Fredericksburg, which is our "Peach Region."<BR/><BR/>So is it this coming weekend, or the week after?Marinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17903972911012447585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28663723.post-66580033413343598292007-03-26T10:24:00.000-05:002007-03-26T10:24:00.000-05:00Good to know! Thanks, Phelan. Oh, by the way, I'm ...Good to know! Thanks, Phelan. Oh, by the way, I'm desperately searching for a Steve Miller Band torrent file - and it's all <I>your</I> fault! ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28663723.post-73746477693172373002007-03-26T10:11:00.000-05:002007-03-26T10:11:00.000-05:00Merry, HI! Sometimes sucker shoots reduce yield or...Merry, HI! Sometimes sucker shoots reduce yield or cause other problems in the main tree. They seldom ever produce desireable fruit. Best to get rid of them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28663723.post-52427487307042913582007-03-26T09:59:00.000-05:002007-03-26T09:59:00.000-05:00Sucker growth needs to be trimmed with a knife, if...<I>Sucker growth needs to be trimmed with a knife, if not done, the sucker will grow faster than the trunk and soon your peach tree will be wild.</I><BR/><BR/>Would allowing peaches to go somewhat wild be a bad thing? I mean, could you still follow all the rest of the directions, about pruning, watering, shaping, fertalizing, and the rest, but let the peach trees sucker? Does it diminish the quality of fruit, or do they just end up too unruly? Would wild peaches behave in a similar way to wild lilacs, do you know? <BR/><BR/>Not that I have a peach climate. Guess I'll just have to be happy with the grapes - if my parents' dog would ever leave them alone, lol.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28663723.post-67070702079848032632007-03-26T09:41:00.000-05:002007-03-26T09:41:00.000-05:00Welcome Wendy, Glad you know have a better underst...Welcome Wendy, Glad you know have a better understanding of what homesteading is. I did send you an email. <BR/><BR/>No need to ask about linking, if you want to, then by all means, link away!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28663723.post-25877954865875991462007-03-26T09:28:00.000-05:002007-03-26T09:28:00.000-05:00Hi again! I read more of your blog and side bar! N...Hi again! I read more of your blog and side bar! Now, I have an understanding of what homesteading is! May I link you on my blog?Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17644371692237895914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28663723.post-22393977498507729162007-03-26T09:24:00.000-05:002007-03-26T09:24:00.000-05:00Hi there! Stopping by from Ellies blog! Just wonde...Hi there! Stopping by from Ellies blog! Just wondering what exactly homesteading is?!? I also read your profile and was floored at your music interests! My hubby listens to death metal! Not my cup of tea, but it is rare that I just randomly find someone who listens to his music:) Feel free to swing by my family blog! wesnlani.wordpress.com! I love new visitors! I have 2 little ones (6 and 9 months) and I also am 29!Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17644371692237895914noreply@blogger.com