Comments on: Digging in: Fruit trees & asparagus http://10yearchallenge.com/2009/02/21/digging-in-fruit-trees-asparagus/ Suburban homesteading & fossil fuel reduction: Fruits, berries, vegetables, chickens, goats, and mason bees Mon, 21 May 2012 17:18:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Clothesline season, garden disappointments, and fruit pollination update « The Zero Fossil Fuel 10 Year Challenge http://10yearchallenge.com/2009/02/21/digging-in-fruit-trees-asparagus/#comment-417 Sun, 17 May 2009 18:08:08 +0000 http://10yearchallenge.com/?p=598#comment-417 [...] disappointment so far this year has been the asparagus bed. Last fall, I put a lot of work into prepping the asparagus bed for a spring planting. When the asparagus crowns arrived, I planted all 25 of them exactly as [...]

]]> By: sinfonian2 http://10yearchallenge.com/2009/02/21/digging-in-fruit-trees-asparagus/#comment-222 Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:18:15 +0000 http://10yearchallenge.com/?p=598#comment-222 Very impressed with your new acquistions! Glad you got some cool fruit trees/bushes that you know what they are. Bonus! And you’ll be happy with the crowns. My brother is going the seed route with his asparagus. Insane, hehe.

I’m sure you’re sore, but glad to be done. And a great day to do it too.

]]> By: Grumpy Groom http://10yearchallenge.com/2009/02/21/digging-in-fruit-trees-asparagus/#comment-221 Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:45:42 +0000 http://10yearchallenge.com/?p=598#comment-221 Wow, it all sounds like a lot of hard work. And a lot of tasty fruits. My future bride and I just got back into eating pears. So I was salivating a little while reading about your homegrown pears. If you ever need someone to take a few extras off of your hands, count us in :)

]]> By: Chiot's Run http://10yearchallenge.com/2009/02/21/digging-in-fruit-trees-asparagus/#comment-220 Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:03:54 +0000 http://10yearchallenge.com/?p=598#comment-220 I’m hoping to put in an asparagus bed this year or perhaps next. How exciting. Glad to hear your seedling are dong better.

]]> By: Dan http://10yearchallenge.com/2009/02/21/digging-in-fruit-trees-asparagus/#comment-219 Sun, 22 Feb 2009 03:22:00 +0000 http://10yearchallenge.com/?p=598#comment-219 That is so cool, an orchard in a box. You are really lucky to have room to grow all these fruits.

Good to hear the seedlings are doing well now.

]]> By: DoubleD http://10yearchallenge.com/2009/02/21/digging-in-fruit-trees-asparagus/#comment-218 Sun, 22 Feb 2009 03:11:39 +0000 http://10yearchallenge.com/?p=598#comment-218 My goodness! You were busy today! The strawberry bed looks great. I added a bunch of shredded paper to my compost pile today too – came from the boxes I store my seed potatoes in. It really does compost well and is a great way to dispose of all those “convenience checks” that the credit card companies send in droves.

Glad to hear your leggy seedlings are doing well with a deep tranplanting. I have found that the cole crops benefit from a deep planting anyway – as they tend to want to lay over even in the best of conditions.

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