Re: [gardeners] New members
Ed Muckle (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Tue, 26 Jun 2001 12:39:36 -0700
Hi Teressa;
Have your local nursery do a trace element test for the soil around
those apple trees. If they have been there a long time it is a good bet they
are short on iron.
Regards
Ed Muckle
grower@nethop.net
www.21stcenturygardener.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Teressa Kandianis <teressa@kodiakfishco.com>
To: gardeners@globalgarden.com <gardeners@globalgarden.com>
Date: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 11:26 AM
Subject: Re: [gardeners] New members
>I'm Teressa Kandianis living in Ferndale, WA (NW corner of the state). We
>moved here from Kodiak, AK about 6 years ago so my garden is about 5. My
>husband and I have 4 rescued mini schnauzers, a cat in charge, and two
>Norwegian Fjord horses. I have an acre to garden and another 3 acres in
>pasture and paddock. Clay soil loaded up over the past 5 years with
chicken
>and horse compost but still need to add more. The schnauzers love to help
>me in the garden and the ponies prune anything within reach of their lips.
>Charlotte the cat is an accomplished mouse and mole hunter. My husband
>would help but bulldozers and chain saws are his tools of choice and that's
>a little heavyhanded for my perennial beds. I have some of everything -
>veggies, herbs, trees, shrubs, fruit, perennials, annuals. I am in the
>process of making new beds - getting rid of lawn. I love people talking
>gardening.
>
>My apricot is also loaded this year for some reason - have only had a
sparse
>couple of dozen fruits in the past and those were consumed by the birds.
My
>Frost peach trees are also doing well given they are all about 3 years old.
>I just can't seem to get the apples to bear like they were when we bought
>the house. Tomatoes are under shelter to protect from the late blight
which
>is inescapable in my area if the plants are out in the open. That's enough
>for now. Hello to everyone. Teressa
>
>