Other fruits around the garden

I know I can get a bit wrapped up around figs but I do have other fruits as well.

Akane Apple

Kiwis

Kens Red Kiwi

Oh and this strange unknown breba

Italian Plums are almost ripe

Rubinette Apples ready for the picking

Update on the Garden

It's been a couple of weeks and the garden is shaping up with the new paver's. Unfortunately these landscapers have polished off all of my ripe brebas. DK, VDB, Marlow, Olympian, Osborn were all picked clean. I was really looking forward to my Bornholm Nexoe. I had one breba in the greenhouse and even that guy was eaten. Sad...

I guess I'll have to wait until next year.

The Garden is about to get another facelift

The Garden is about to get another facelift. I'm so sick and tired of taking care of grass. It's an endless battle against weeds and I just do not want to waist my time and resources on fighting it. I'm paving the area in front of the greenhouse and adding some pathways in front of the fruit trees, as well as paving the side of the backyard.

This is the last time you'll see the garden look like this. They break ground next week. 

Once the hard scape is done I'll plant more fig varieties in ground and implement my bottom watering system for my potted plants.

Stay tuned for updates.

8/02/18 Update;

The landscapers have broken ground and I'm about to free of less grass to maintain.

Donut Peaches, Beans, Cucumbers and Sungold Tomatoes

WOW! These white donut peaches are the best tasting peaches I've ever tasted!!! Time to plant a row of them!

Oh yeah, the beans and other veggies are cool too. But wow these donut peaches are down right amazing.

I've been growing it in a 30 gallon pot and it's been doing good but not great. It's affected by leaf curl in the spring and by the time mid July rolls around the disease seems to go away.  I did treat it with copper last winter but only once.

This year it rewarded me with only 3 peaches, but boy were they good!!!!! Sweat like honey and they melt in your mouth. I'm still dreaming about it. And I can't wait until next year.

I like to start my trees off in pots until they have proven to be good fruit that will handle our winters. This tree has proven to be a true winner and I have marked a new home in the ground for it.

This should improve it's production and vigor for next year!

Let's take a tour of the garden and see what's alive today

It's April in Seattle, let's see what the progress of the fruit trees are like.

Shiro Plum: Tiny but there's dozens more growing on the plant: 4/15/16

Update on the Shiro: 5/09/16 in about a month its put on some serious fat

update: 7/2/16

Rubinette Apple: Not a lot of new growth but it's still early in the year. Definitely much more flowers than last year.

Update: 5/15/16

Blueberry Tree:

In ground Pakistani Mulberry. It survived the winter here well. Hopefully this year it does not abort it's fruit.

Apricot:

Hosui Asian Pear:

update: 5/16/16

Illinois Ever bearing Mulberry is also showing fruit.

Jujube li and lang are just starting to break bud.

update: 5/16/16

3rd year Goji Berry should produce tons of fruits this year.

My Pawpaws are starting to break bud.

My tiny Rainier Cherry Tree just finished flowering. This little guy was the last bare root at Mclendan's. Nobody wanted it because it was probably too small. Works perfect for me. 

My 3rd year seed grown Pomegranates will hopefully get bigger this year. I'm not holding my breath for fruit though, It may require another couple of yrs. I had about 10 of these home grown plants and gave away most of them to friends and family.

One weeks worth of growth

The Columnar Sentinel Apple is looking pretty. Years 1 and 2 only gave me 2 fruits. Hopefully this year will be different.

Kiwis are moving into their 3rd year. Still too early to get any fruits. I think they start fruit between years 4-5.

update: 5/16/16

The 3rd year Asparagus is ready to be harvested.

My ridiculous looking Italian plum with a graft that didn't take under the bag.

One of my nectarines. These were the best tasting fruit in my garden last year. I have a few. I'm looking forward to more of these this year. 

Donut Peach

Update: July 2016

The Honeyberry plant is looking bigger and fuller than ever.

Fuyu Persimmon

 Update: 5/16/16

Update: July

Petite Negra left outdoors for the winter