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When you reach your lowest point, you are open to the greatest change.
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It's never too late to start! I retired to homestead on the slopes of Mauna Loa, an active volcano. I relate snippets of my endeavor on my blog : www.kaufarmer.blogspot.com
"The rule of no realm is mine. But all worthy things that are in peril as the world now stands, these are my care. And for my part, I shall not wholly fail in my task if anything that passes through this night can still grow fairer or bear fruit and flower again in days to come. For I too am a steward. Did you not know?" Gandolf
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"The rule of no realm is mine. But all worthy things that are in peril as the world now stands, these are my care. And for my part, I shall not wholly fail in my task if anything that passes through this night can still grow fairer or bear fruit and flower again in days to come. For I too am a steward. Did you not know?" Gandolf
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Daron Williams wrote:One thing to think about is that our fruit trees have been cultivated to be managed through these sort of techniques. I think we might need to consider the possibility that new strains of fruit trees that are selected for less fruit production but that would not need to be thinned might actually be best from a permaculture perspective.
This could be one of several reasons why fruit trees grown from seed can be a good choice for permaculture projects.
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Marco Banks wrote:
Larger fruit sells much better. People walk by and say, "Look at the size of that pomegranate! Look at the size of that watermelon! Those peaches look amazing—big and juicy." I've never had someone say, "Oh, look at those cute undersized apples -- lets buy them."
James Landreth wrote:My thoughts:
Branches can break from overbearing, which can damage the tree and lead to infection. Around here thinning is good for young trees because otherwise the tree may drop all its fruit during the dry season. Another consideration is energy, especially with young trees. The sugars used to make fruit can be used for other functions metabolically, including root growth, so thinning the fruit or removing it entirely on young trees can be beneficial.
Jd
When you reach your lowest point, you are open to the greatest change.
-Avatar Aang
When you reach your lowest point, you are open to the greatest change.
-Avatar Aang
Examine your lifestyle, multiply it by 7.7 billion other ego-monkeys with similar desires and query whether that global impact is conscionable.
James Landreth wrote:
So now what? Anyone have recipes for unripe green plums? Am thinking of boiling them with gatlic scapes and then adding fresh onion and cilantro as a sort of plum chimichurri.
Advice / recipes appreciated.
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Rebecca Norman wrote:
James Landreth wrote:
It was a bit hard to get the pits out of the hard unripe apricots, so we tried boiling them first till they softened a bit, and then squashing them between two flat hard things, and that worked pretty well.
Yes, getting pits out was work. I boiled them and let them cool and then had my 5 year old use a potato masher to smash em good. Then we added warm water and I had her remove pits by hand. I ended up helping but it was relaxing fun together time. I boiled the pitless mash one more time for sanitary purposes, then added the pulp to a standard chimichurri recipe more or less.
Turned out great. Feels good to have found a use and I am sure this chimichurri is nutrient packed!
Jd
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Steve Thorn wrote:I saw a wild unthinned peach tree the other day covered in wild grape vines and sandwiched closely in between other trees. It was exceedingly healthy and had probably close to 200 peaches on it, in just a small area. There were no broken branches, and the branches weren't even sagging, as the vines easily held up the tree branches full of almost ripe fruit.
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I had been tempted to cut back some of the vines when I first saw it, but upon looking closer, despite appearing as smothered by the wild grape vines, there was plenty of room for the peach leaves to get light, and they were super healthy looking and a deep dark green. And the vines were probably the key to discouraging the squirrel and also upholding the huge crop of ripening fruit!
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