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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

lemon trees are almost indestructible, I say almost , because I killed one by 
overwatering about 15 years ago  --five year old tree planted in spring, I 
left the hose on for too many days and the blasted thing got root rot. I've 
always had to work hard at any type of gardening, I am not one of the "green 
thumb" type.
 I have a tangelo tree in the front yard that provides lots and lots of fruit 
and pretty good shade, I planted it when it was 3 Years old.  ...bobf



----- Original Message ----
From: "Bunjov AT aol.com" <Bunjov AT aol.com>
To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2008 8:51:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Plants are blooming

Hi, Bob -

I'm sure you're right.

One thing I do remember, when we lived off of Camelback Road (at 59th? On  
West Coulter...) the house already had an established grapefruit tree - it 
was  
wonderful!

My kids breakfasted for several years on fresh grapefruit - with a little  
brown sugar - broiled or not. The one thing I did have trouble with was a 
Meyer  
lemon - had to put it on a little 'dolly' and keep rolling it around to 
various  sides of the house for shelter. I wonder how it would have done in 
the  
ground?


In a message dated 9/20/2008 8:42:18 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
bobford79 AT yahoo.com writes:

Sandy,  if you are in zone 9, you should be able to grow anything that the 
desert soil  will allow, through February.  I don't know about growing 
inside, 
but you  shouldn't have a frost before late Feb., if you are like 
us.......bobf 




----- Original Message ----
From: "Bunjov AT aol.com"  <Bunjov AT aol.com>
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Sent: Saturday,  September 20, 2008 8:35:10 AM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Plants are  blooming

My friend does have a greenhouse - of sorts. It's a big  stuccoed room  
attached to the house - much like a garage, but with a  dirt floor and lots 
of  
windows. It stays very warm in the winter,  even when the house is cold.

It has a few potted plants in it, and she  blocks the door open so that the  
one outdoor cat has food and  shelter.

I will point up the possibilities to her. I'm trying to do  everything I can  
to divert her attention from the fact that she's  alone now. I did stay in 
her  
guest house in '05 while I was making  the transition from the San Fernando  
Valley to Newberry Springs, but  can't be with her now 'cause I have too many 

critters who have their  own schedules. She's about 3 miles away.

If anyone has any suggestions  regarding what would grow in our zone, in a  
greenhouse, in the  winter, it would be appreciated.

Sandy
Mid-Mojave


In a  message dated 9/20/2008 7:39:25 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com writes:


Winter is when northern gardeners  sit by the fire and read seed  
catalogs. It's one of the great joys  of rural life. I always plan a  
bigger garden than I could ever  possible take care of.

I do have a  greenhouse, but it's more for  starting plants in the spring. 
It doesn't  make sense to add  expensive heat and lights for a few 
tomatoes in the  winter. I do  grow figs in my greenhouse; I love them but 
they need the  extra  winter protection to survive...the unheated 
greenhouse is a zone 7  or 8, while outside is a 4 or 5. The figs go 
dormant, but overwinter.  Also  fuzzy kiwis. I'm looking for other 
perennial fruits that  wouldn't survive  outside here, but will overwinter 
in a zone  7.

We grow crops in the  summer and can/freeze/dry the excess for  winter. 
Fresh tomatoes are, alas,  only available (outside the  supermarket) for 3 
months or so, starting with  the early ones,  through to the huge sandwich 
tomatoes. I live on tomato  sandwiches  in August and September. Living 
with a 4 month growing season,  you  learn the meaning of "make hay while 
the sun shines".

Lynn  Wigglesworth
Tioga County, PA

bob ford wrote:
> Do you have  a  hot house for winter plants?  What do farmers/homesteaders 
in  cold areas  do in the winter ?  bobf 
> 
> 
>  
> -----  Original Message ----
> From: Lynn Wigglesworth  
> To:  homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Sent: Saturday,  September 20, 2008 6:34:36  AM
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Plants  are blooming
> 
>  
> bob ford wrote:
>> I'm  also zone 9.  When you say that  your tomatoes "are done" do you  
mean 
they have their blossoms set, or that you  already have  tomatoes?  ...bobf 
> 
> In northern PA, it  means that  we had our first frost warning Thursday 
> night. The  tomatoes  survived that, but they can't shiver and make fruit 
> at the  same  time. They might ripen what's left on the vine, but they are 
>  pretty much done.
> 
> Lynn Wigglesworth
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