22 Trees: Harvest Monday 4/22/13

Harvest Monday 4/22/13

And this years winner of the first tomato plant to kick out fruit goes to the Champion in the upside down pot. Finished putting in tomato plants today, now have 15 plants in various spots around the garden. Hope it's better this year, I think things just got to hot last year, however if yesterdays temp was any indication of things to come we are in trouble. 93 degrees yesterday. Lots coming out of the garden: spinach, lettuce, last beets, snap peas, herbs, oranges, tangerines, avocado, chard, kale. I think that's it?

First figs on the new tree, we usually get 2 crops, the older tree has fruit on it as well. Looks like the severe pruning I did last year is going to pay off.

Still giving away quite a bit of the leafy greens.

Now if I could teach the girls to lay avocado's.

From this...

to this...

to this. The only thing better than fresh squeezed OJ, is popsicles made with fresh squeezed OJ!

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CristyApril 22, 2013 at 12:02 PM
Everything looks great. Fresh squeezed OJ popsicles sound great.
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AndreaApril 22, 2013 at 2:33 PM
Good luck with all your tomato plants and hope your summer isn't too hot! Oh your fresh orange juice does look good and looks like your four legged friend would dearly like to eat one too!
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A little introduction.

We moved in on December 18th 2009, we are a 1/4 mile from a major southern california freeway, but are trying to make the urban homestead thing work. We have spent a lot of time getting things back in order. We have 22 fruit trees, hence the name, and a small plot set aside for a garden. We have 4 chickens: 2 Americauna, 1 Jersey Giant, 1 Barred Rock, and one 8 month old puppy named Maggie. With the help of the boys, and my very patient wife, I am trying to farm this little plot of land. We'll see...