Subj : Towing the Line [1]
To : Carol Shenkenberger
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Sun Jul 28 2024 19:53:31
Hi Carol,
CS> >
> DD> A quick trip to the search engine tells me that fiss will not
> RH> dowell DD> in my groqing zone without lots of special help. Which may
> RH> 'splain DD> why they're not common around here.
CS> >
> RH> And we're in a great spot for them. Steve planted another tree to be
> RH> last year so in a few years we'll have a super abundance of them.
CS> >
> DD> From my research they aren't huge trees like maples or oaks.
CS> >
> No, more like a bush. BTW, I was informed that the 2nd tree didn't make
> it so we only have to one, but a very prolific one.
CS> >
CS> >
CS> Figs love VB! Tons of them here. Fig farming has become 'a thing'.
CS> I often trade apples for them.
We don't have enough to farm (the newer tree didn't make it so just have
the one) but the one tree we have is quite prolific. So far we've
dehydrated several pounds of figs, with more to come. Maybe ought to
take some to the farmer's market and do some bartering.
CS> This years apple crop looks to be 1.5 bushels. I'm going to
practice CS> making apple cider. I'm all setup now for it.
Sounds good to me. My parents had several apple trees. One year when he
was in a nearby college, my sister's son came over with several of his
classmates to make cider. IIRC, they were able to make several gallons,
splitting the yield so some went back to the college, some stayed with
my parents.
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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