This is the "baby" I'm most excited to take back to Houston. It's a rooted branch from an apricot that blooms in January. The mama tree lost her fruits this year because of a dry winter and late frost. This guy should do great in Houston because it doesn't seem to need many chill days to set fruit. Stonefruit doesn't usually do well in Houston because it's too warm. I hope it's just right there for this early bloomer.
I tried "3 sisters" planting this year and it's working good. My beans failed to sprout so I let wild vetch fill that role. Now vetch is gone, and I got free squash and sweet corn in da yard.
The fig trees are still teasing me. It's been a wet spring so hopefully I will get some sweet ripe figs this year. Blackberries are finally spreading and popping out new vines.
My 3 years old parsley has been requisitioned to make Black Swallowtails, but that's ok since I have unlimited greens available here: lambsquarter, purslane, beet greens, chives, curry leaf, sweet potato vines, and cilantro.
60+ loads of wood chips ...not too many. I can do no till gardens here. Food output still depends on rain, and I still need more nitrogen fixers, but fertility is mostly restored here
Here is the 1st thing I planted here about 4 years ago. It's 3 sisters all died the 1st year, before I moved out here. This one has a pup now, and so I'll take the pup with me to Houston. There's lots of "mama" plants doing well here, and I'll be using them to establish many of the same species in the Houston food forest project.
