Pictures of my Fruit Garden for 2019:
Last time I documented my gardening journey, was 2016.
It's time to start again and I hope you enjoy it.
New stuff for this year:
My Red Grapevine bloomed.
The grapes were large and shinny and then one day they were gone.
Surprises this year:
My red grapes. That was exciting.
Disappointments this year:
I lost one of my apple trees.
I think the tree had "fire blight" and I couldn't bring it back.
As for the fruit harvest:
I did harvest a lot of berries and pears this year. The Asian pear did surprise me with the amount of pears it produced in just one year.
As for the soft fruits, I had so many that I shared with the wild life.
Of course they were there before I was and that was my clue that I needed to "net" my fruits.
Fruit Garden - 2019
This year the Queen of our Backyard Fruit Garden was the Raspberries.
I had so many Raspberries that I made Raspberry syrup, because we couldn't eat them fast enough.
I made the syrup to go over pancakes and french toast, but we like it better over icecream. :)
The thornless blackberry plant did well too, but they were so tart, that even the birds didn't want any.
Red & Black Currants:
I love currants, but the red currant seeds are something else. I think they're harder to chew than Raspberry Seeds.I also have Black Currants and I can tolerate those a lot better than red currants.
Currants are full of antioxidants and blueberries are really fussy for me to grow.
So for now, the currants will stay. :)
Cantaloupe
I love growing cantaloupe. It's full of nutrients, especially potassium. It freezes well to go in fruit salads, juice or smoothies. Cantaloupe has more potassium and less calories than bananas.I also grown honeydew melon, but not this year.
Watermelons - 2019
These watermelons are growing in gravel. Some Kritter dropped the seeds there and I left it.They did better than I did. The watermelons that I grew, they were not that big.
I like sitting outside and eating watermelons on a hot day. I also freeze chunks of watermelon and juice them during the winter months. They would make good smoothies except for the seeds.
Red Grapes - 2019
My Red Grapes came from my Mom's house and I was thrilled that it finally was producing something. Then one morning, it was all gone. At least I had a taste, before it was all eaten by the raccoons.
Pears
The best surprise on the pears was the Asian Pears.I had to thin it out a couple of times, because of the number of pears per fruit spur. They are very juicy and they made a lot of juice.
I also have a 4 in 1 Pear tree.
It produced some Anjou and Bartelet Pears, but not that many.
4 in 1 Apple Tree
This little tree only had 2 Granny Smith apples this year, but they were huge for a Granny Smith apple.Brucethebuilder loved them. :)
As always;
Thank you everyone
for supporting homes-n-gardens!
Thank you Mom for gardening with me this year.See you next year!