This apple tree was sold to me in 1999 as a semi-dwarf Stayman Winesap. It is not semi-dwarf; it is in fact gigantic by apple tree standards. It isn't Stayman Winesap, or even red at all. Because I planted it in the correct spacing for smaller trees, it has almost completely overshadowed its nearest neighbor, a rather nice Golden Delicious. It responds to pruning by aggressively getting Much Larger. The apples are divine. I love her; I'm vexed by her; I hope she lives forever. I'm deeply curious about what I'd get if I planted some of her seeds.
Strawberries, rhubarb, two small blueberry bushes, and Nanking cherry bushes that did, even though their blooming time was cold, set fruit. I will continue to try to acidify the blueberries; maybe add some acid once a week until the soil tests around 5 pH.
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My friend sent me this from Pinterest but I just know one of you freaks made it
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my flowers peeking thru my lace curtains ♡
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So, this is cool:
We need to convince more municipalities to plant more trees. I would suggest looking into trees that are more heat and drought tolerant (oaks, not western red cedar, for an example) & also those that grow more quickly. Planting on the west and south (or north, if you're in the Southern hemisphere) of a building matters the most for heat reduction.
If you want to get into it, I'd suggest finding your Köppen climate classification, and then finding either native trees that can thrive in a hotter-but-otherwise-similar climate than yours, or trees from such a climate. For example, I'm in a warm-summer Mediterranean climate so I'm looking at plants from Hot-summer Mediterranean climates that are hardy enough to still survive our winters (oaks, I'm looking at oaks. Fortunately, one species extends from here to down there, so that's easy).
I wouldn't usually advocate for non-native plants, but I'm seeing the climate change quickly enough that I think maybe humans should help with the pole-wards migration of plants.
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One of my favorite things about gardening is other gardeners. There's just such an urge to share plants, seeds and cuttings. Such a freeness with sharing information and ASKING for information. I can't wait for my front yard to stop looking like crap so I have little old ladies stopping by to ask me what kind of plant such-and-such is and does it attract many butterflies? And would I like some spare hostas? Are those blueberries there? What kind are those? Good for jam?
MN is not known for it's front porch culture but if you sit there and have a garden you will attract gardeners eventually, no matter how chaotic your garden is. I miss that from the old house, but I'll get there eventually.
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How to become self sufficient on a ¼ acre!
(OP was a white nationalist, so take this one instead)
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