[Homestead] Mangoes,fruit of gods

Toni Hawryluk tonihawr at msn.com
Fri Nov 12 09:24:44 EST 2004


>I only regret two things in moving to Roanoke area---the inability to grow >mangos and avocados 

Must be time for that two-story "glass" addition 
to the south side of the house, radiant heat floor,
and holes in the floor for the trees. Each  *hole*
has to have a concrete "floor" three feet down in.
That's the way the British used to do in Victorian
times to have oranges in England. I read about the
BBC program on PBS (a short series) in an old British 
mag, sent for the used book that accompanied the
program, and one-a these days when/if I should
be lucky enough to have 'extra' cash, will get
the videotape/s.  The Victorian Kitchen Garden.

With the tree roots dwarfing the trees "naturally",
and additional hard pruning when out of flower, 
they may be maintained to a 'ladderless' height, 
too. Also need additional lighting I suppose, 
but then there is halogen lighting .... Makes me
feel lucky now that I have *not* developed
"expensive" tastes .... <g>


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