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Tag Archives: back yard orchard
Cherry Harvest 2021
This year, I didn’t take time to prune my ‘North Star’ cherry tree, spray it, or cover it in bird netting. The result was…one of the best cherry harvests we have had in several years. After cleaning, sorting, and pitting, … Continue reading
Cherry Picking Time
I haven’t been doing much with our ‘North Star’ pie cherry tree the past few years, other than pruning it. I felt it wasn’t producing enough cherries to warrant the effort. With the uncertainty and shortages that resulted from the … Continue reading
Blackberry Flower
The blackberry brambles began to flower in late May. It takes about two months from that point until ripe blackberries are ready to pick. This photo was taken on June 1st. More information on blackberries can be found in these … Continue reading
Blackberry Flower
My blackberry brambles have started to flower. I believe only the chester thornless blackberries have flowers and the triple crown thornless blackberry buds haven’t started to open just yet. Chester flowers are pink, while triple crown are white; you can see … Continue reading
Posted in fruit
Tagged back yard orchard, blackberry varieties, flower, thornless blackberry
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Bloomin’ Cherry Tree
Since I posted a close-up of cherry flowers four days ago, nearly all of the flowers have opened on my ‘north star’ pie cherry tree. There are a lot of flowers even though I removed many of the branches when I pruned … Continue reading
Pruning & More Pruning
I got most of my spring pruning done today. The tools I used were small, bypass pruners; large, lopping pruners; and a Japanese saw. All of these tools are able to make a clean cut if they are sharp; I had … Continue reading
Posted in fruit
Tagged azalea, back yard orchard, bypass pruners, cherry, Japanese holly, Japanese saw, lopping pruners, meidiland rose, peach, prune, pruning, thornless blackberry
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Cherry Blossoms
The ‘north star’ cherry tree is blooming. Not all of the flower buds have opened yet.
Peach Blossom
My peach tree blooms earlier than most of the flowering plants that I grow, at about the same time as my tulips and the first of the azaleas but after the hyacinths. I need to prune the peach and cherry soon; … Continue reading
Cranberry Harvest, Part Two
Today, we had time to harvest the rest of the cranberries. Since it has been three weeks since we began to harvest them, more of the cranberries were red and ripe than the first part of the harvest. More had gone … Continue reading
Beans, Peppers, Tomato, Okra, & Pawpaws
The pole bean harvest is much less than it was last month, probably because it is much cooler, with lows in the 40s and highs in the 60s °F (a range of 5 to 15 °C) most days. The plants are still … Continue reading
Posted in fruit, harvest
Tagged back yard orchard, okra, pawpaw, pepper, pole bean, tomato
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