Blossoms

Canalilly

Angelita Daisy

Lisbon Lemon

Gold Kist Apricot

Bearss Lime

Tomatillo blossom in daylight

Mortgage Lifter tomato

Zucchini

Tomatillo blossom at evening

Apricot

The bare root apricot we planted was dead, so we found a potted tree at a local nursery and replaced it today. We could not get a Katy (sold out) which would have been our first choice, so we got a Gold Kist instead. This is the same variety as the 12-year old tree we have in the back. It has smaller fruit but the taste is excellent and the tree has done really well. We make jam and fruit leather from it every year.

Katy has larger fruit and that's why we wanted to try it, but no luck. There are other varieties that do well in the Phoenix area, but these are two of the best and have the lowest chill hour requirement. Remember that we get about 450 chill hours a year here on average, which is why many fruit trees aren't grown here - they need more cold weather to set fruit the next season.

Gold Kist Apricot

Garden Update

A few new pictures taken in the garden today. The tomato plants look really happy (except for the ones the birds broke in half...) and we are anxiously looking forward to harvest season. We put fertilizer in the drip system about once a week to help the plants get big quickly and cover what will be very hot dirt between the rows come summer time. We've also spread mulch from pruning the trees and bamboo between the rows.

Tomato rows are filling in 3.1.2015

Tomatillo forming blossoms

Tomato blossoms

Zucchini blooming