75 degrees today! last year at this time, there was 2-4 feet of snow cover. all week is supposed to be in the 50's. It looks like it's going to be an early planting season.
I might have gotten a bit carried away with "add to cart" but fuck it, i don't use the yard for much of anything else anyway. I ordered a ton of new stuff.
4 Concord Bunch Grape Vine 3 Year Old (Fruiting Size)
2 Bluecrop Northern Highbush Blueberry Plant 18 - 24" (2 Yr.)
2 Blueray Northern Highbush Blueberry 18 - 24" (2 Yr.)
2 Patriot Northern Highbush Blueberry Plant 18 - 24" (2 Yr.)
2 Heritage Raspberry Plant
2 Black Butte Blackberry Plant 2 Year Plant
1 Stella Cherry Tree 3-4'
I'm in zone 6 and all are labeled to at least zone 5, so these all should be able to grow here.
So, i'm hopefully going to have a ton of fruit for pies and jams, provided the birds don't eat it all on me
I may need to figure out a way to spray them, but i'm not keen on that idea. More research to be done. I paid a few bucks extra for the 2 or 3 year old plants so they will be ready to bear fruit this season, next season at the latest. I'm going to put the grapes on my fence so it will form a natural privacy barrier, and smell awesome in the process. The Cherry tree i think I'm going to put in the front yard on the main hill. The blossoms are said to be very pretty. This breed is a self-pollinator too, so no pairing was necessary. The blueberries aren't and need the variety to pollinate with, so i got 2 of each. Not really sure what is what. We'll see what they look like when they grow in
I went looking for an apple tree, but most are all sold out (should have bought in December when dormant) and the ones that aren't need 2 or 3 other trees to cross pollinate. So, i got a cheery tree instead. It was WAY cheaper too.
The berries, I'm going to put near the wild raspberries on the back fence of my property. If those grow there wild, these should do well near by in the semi-sun/shade.
And, I ordered a bunch more variety of vegetable seeds on top of the stack i have already :X I'm not going to plant them all, that's for sure. There's a few things i never even heard of, or are a different variety than what you're used to seeing in the store, so i figure i'll grow one or two of those plants only to see what they are like. It's amazing how many kinds of tomatoes and eggplant there are. and squash! crazy stuff.
Tendercrisp Celery
Blue Curled Scotch
Mustard Greens Southern Giant Curled
Wrinkled Crinkled Cress
Salad Burnet
Shanghai Green Pak Choy
Yellow Wonder Wild Strawberry
Ground Cherry
Diamond Eggplant
Carentan Leek
Mary Washington Asparagus
Brunswick Cabbage
Giant of Naples Cauliflower
Catalogna Puntarelle Dandelion
Rossa Di Treviso Precoce Radicchio
Marketmore 76 Cucumber
Golden Wax Bush Bean
Contender (Buff) Valentine Bush Bean
Old Homestead (Kentucky Wonder Pole) -1/2 lb
Scarlet Runner Bean
Envy Soya Beans
Noordhollandse Bloedrode Onion
Tall Telephone Garden Pea
Oregon Sugar Pod II Snow Pea
Serrano Tampequino Pepper
Thai Red Chilli
Tabasco Pepper
Tam Jalapeno Pepper
Cayenne Long Thin
Albino Bullnose Pepper
Golden Cal Wonder
Patio Red Marconi
Orange Bell
Red Marconi Pepper
Thai Long Sweet
Bonny Best
Moneymaker
Early Prolific Straightneck Squash
Zucchini Squash - Black Beauty
Butternut Rogosa Violina Gioia Squash
Blue Lake Bush 274 Bean
Gives a chance to try out some of the hot peppers and see if i want to grow it again net year or try a different variety or two instead.
Needless to say, 1/4 of this isn't going to fit in my garden space as it sits, so i have some more digging to do. I think i'm going to leave the main spot i have and just make some sq yard boxes in various spots and do the 'square foot' method in the sunny spots.