Comments on: Birds, Blueberries, and Fruit Trees http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2005/04/13/birds-blueberries-and-fruit-trees/ Christian Agrarian Counterculture Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:07:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: reformed farmer http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2005/04/13/birds-blueberries-and-fruit-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-166 reformed farmer Fri, 15 Apr 2005 18:56:00 +0000 http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2005/04/13/birds-blueberries-and-fruit-trees/#comment-166 Growing up we had a Rochester Peach tree from millers that was the most productive tree around. Peaches don't do so well in the hill country where I farm now, and I realy miss those fresh peaches! I planted one for my mother here 4 years ago. It stays alive but thats it, it just lives. Cherries, apples and pears all do well here so thats what we play around with now. Growing up we had a Rochester Peach tree from millers that was the most productive tree around. Peaches don’t do so well in the hill country where I farm now, and I realy miss those fresh peaches! I planted one for my mother here 4 years ago. It stays alive but thats it, it just lives. Cherries, apples and pears all do well here so thats what we play around with now.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2005/04/13/birds-blueberries-and-fruit-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-165 Jeff Thu, 14 Apr 2005 23:53:00 +0000 http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2005/04/13/birds-blueberries-and-fruit-trees/#comment-165 I have had good results from blueberries and apple trees from Miller's Nursery. Our area is particularly bad when it comes to fireblight, so I have to stick to apple varieties like Freedom and Liberty, which are highly resistant. Many folks here in Kentucky were surprised to see that blueberries would grow in our area, but I just added some soil acidifier and they did well. Jeff Schmidt I have had good results from blueberries and apple trees from Miller’s Nursery. Our area is particularly bad when it comes to fireblight, so I have to stick to apple varieties like Freedom and Liberty, which are highly resistant.

Many folks here in Kentucky were surprised to see that blueberries would grow in our area, but I just added some soil acidifier and they did well.

Jeff Schmidt

]]> By: reformed farmer http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2005/04/13/birds-blueberries-and-fruit-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-164 reformed farmer Thu, 14 Apr 2005 08:45:00 +0000 http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2005/04/13/birds-blueberries-and-fruit-trees/#comment-164 Abby No, I had not seen your post. Scary ain't it. Next thing you know I'll be using big fancy words and you'll be wearing a dirty old John Deere hat! Hope you are getting over that cold, tell all I said hello. Scott Abby

No, I had not seen your post. Scary ain’t it. Next thing you know I’ll be using big fancy words and you’ll be wearing a dirty old John Deere hat! Hope you are getting over that cold, tell all I said hello.

Scott

]]> By: abigail http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2005/04/13/birds-blueberries-and-fruit-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-163 abigail Thu, 14 Apr 2005 03:07:00 +0000 http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2005/04/13/birds-blueberries-and-fruit-trees/#comment-163 Thank goodness my bird-tinged post came before yours, otherwise I would have thought we were thinking alike. Wait a minute, you did see my last post before you wrote this, didn't you? (Oh, great. Maybe we ARE thinking alike. Spring and soil and birds on the brain. At least the upper half of the East Coast is keeping us company in likeminded thoughts...) Great post, by the way. I love imagining the fruits that your labor will bear. I bet Grandpa Manwaring would be pleased to see you and Leah reclaiming the orchard, too! Thank goodness my bird-tinged post came before yours, otherwise I would have thought we were thinking alike. Wait a minute, you did see my last post before you wrote this, didn’t you? (Oh, great. Maybe we ARE thinking alike. Spring and soil and birds on the brain. At least the upper half of the East Coast is keeping us company in likeminded thoughts…)

Great post, by the way. I love imagining the fruits that your labor will bear. I bet Grandpa Manwaring would be pleased to see you and Leah reclaiming the orchard, too!

]]> By: abigail http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2005/04/13/birds-blueberries-and-fruit-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-162 abigail Wed, 13 Apr 2005 21:55:00 +0000 http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2005/04/13/birds-blueberries-and-fruit-trees/#comment-162 This post has been removed by the author. This post has been removed by the author.

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