Yesterday was laundry day, so as soon as my
eyes were fully awake and it was safe to be noisy in the neighborhood without
complaints, I jumped into some clothes and went outside to tackle the infected
apple trees before my day got away from me.
I wasn’t looking forward to the task as I
knew I would have to prune my Patio Apple Trees pretty severely; and that
action may well kill them. But if I want to keep them alive, the cuts had to be
made now:
I removed a lot of apple tree limbs from my 2 patio Apple trees – and lost the few apples that did set, as well. I normally get enough apples for 6 apple pies through Winter into Spring, but there will be no apple harvest this year ...
I know it is the wrong time of the year to be
pruning fruit trees, but they had both been seriously struck with the apple tree
killing disease, ‘fire blight’ – and severe pruning is their only hope
of survival at this point …
They look so naked and forlorn. Poor things.
Then I fertilized all the veggie beds.
Hopefully, the added boost will give the
struggling plants some of what the absent sun has been holding back:
These Comos should be pretty tall by now, but the gray skies and yo-yoing temperatures keep everything confused and stunted.
I found another volunteer petunia coming up
in one of the Yellow Parrot Tulip bowls …
And I got excited when I saw a colorful fruit set
blossom on my eggplant!
In truth, I did not expect this eggplant to
get as far as it has in this wet and humid PNW climate. It is struggling – but it
is also thriving :-D
If I get just 1 eggplant, I will be happy. At least I now know that I can grow them here.
I bet Bob is smiling down on me; watching my
personal growth, & my garden’s growth, as my experiments are starting to
hit pay dirt.
And saying to Yeshua, “Will You look at that?
My lady is a winner”.
Only Bob could ever see me as a
lady ;-)
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