Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Barbara Money <bmoney9@verizon.net>]

From: Pete Vukovich<pvukovic1@yahoo.com>
To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing
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Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] two agricultures not one
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What about service berries? Not sure how well they store off the plant ?
but they're pretty hardy, and typically are around the size of a blueberry.

For that matter why about ?a native blueberry?
Not sure what sort of dimensions you're looking for but another relatively 
hardy plant that stores reasonably well is pomegranate.?

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Yes Pete, serviceberries/shadbush (Amelanchier spp.) grow well around 
here, they would probably harvest similiarly to crabapples, so would 
need to be dried or frozen. They were traditionally made into jellies, 
but I want to avoid a huge sugar input. (I've heard of a jelling product 
that doesn't require sugar--Pomona something? I'll have to look into 
it.) I planted some blueberries, but won't see a harvest for another 
year or so. Same with the apricots I planted. I don't know if 
pomegranates will grow around here (zone 5 or 6 depending who you ask).

Barbara M
Foster, RI

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