tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845299642721912499.post6108984564898769203..comments2023-06-28T21:53:24.312-07:00Comments on On the way to Critter Farm...: Critter Farm Garden Report #1: FruitsDannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12623233206043947281noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845299642721912499.post-42802929111984820312008-06-28T19:57:00.000-07:002008-06-28T19:57:00.000-07:00WOW! Your fruits and berries are so beautiful! I...WOW! Your fruits and berries are so beautiful! I can't wait to get all those things planted myself. No blackberries? I love blackberry jam!Christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14920326845870515381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845299642721912499.post-58833591163259448882008-06-27T19:55:00.000-07:002008-06-27T19:55:00.000-07:00We love coming to Oregon for the summer and always...We love coming to Oregon for the summer and always look forward to the "U-Pick" blueberry farms. Amazing we only pay $4 per gallon of berries picked! And then after we've eaten our fill we freeze the rest and take'em with us for sharing and baking the rest of the year. And aren't hazelnuts a real treat. We didn't know we had a couple of those trees on our lot until we heard quite a ruckus outside and it was a couple of blue jays chowing down on the hazelnuts. Beautiful apples and pairs! Oh my, I can smell the cobblers, pies, and crisps wafting in the breeze!CaliforniaGrammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05137556336315915924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845299642721912499.post-72905020408565221832008-06-27T10:51:00.000-07:002008-06-27T10:51:00.000-07:00Somebody really liked blueberries huh? That sucks...Somebody really liked blueberries huh? That sucks so bad about the deer eating all of your stuff! They seem to have left you quite a bit though!Judy@nofearentertaininghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06825595275519383264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845299642721912499.post-65636598007219747102008-06-27T10:39:00.000-07:002008-06-27T10:39:00.000-07:00Hmmm...looks like a lot of great fruit there. Wha...Hmmm...looks like a lot of great fruit there. What I am wondering is what of it will still be there in Sept? The pears? The apples? We can have a cobbler party. Im pretty short, but hey, that makes it easier to climb the trees.frugalmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03013856124264535872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845299642721912499.post-87171942121612098152008-06-27T08:48:00.000-07:002008-06-27T08:48:00.000-07:00You will be feasting soon! Blueberries freeze real...You will be feasting soon! Blueberries freeze really well if they get ahead of you. Then you can make muffins, pancakes, etc in the winter and dream of summer berries. I'll ask my mom about her favorite deer repellers. Either that, or you need an 8ft fence! Little buggers!NW Nature Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14274110274292106230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845299642721912499.post-5053853596373447262008-06-27T05:54:00.000-07:002008-06-27T05:54:00.000-07:00The more I see of your place, the more I love it. ...The more I see of your place, the more I love it. All those fruit trees and bushes!!! Even nuts. That beautiful kitchen. You have such a beautiful place.Rural Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18002037737807956337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845299642721912499.post-75464848830238401532008-06-27T05:44:00.000-07:002008-06-27T05:44:00.000-07:00Call me when the blueberries are ripe and I'll com...Call me when the blueberries are ripe and I'll come help you eat them! Every year we planned our trip to my In-Law's house in Arkansas to coincide with the blueberry harvest; now they've moved down here to be closer to us and we don't get any more blueberries. :(<BR/><BR/>Your fruits (and nuts) look wonderful!!Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14685492126157550044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845299642721912499.post-19267227141059744862008-06-27T04:44:00.000-07:002008-06-27T04:44:00.000-07:00YUMMMMMMM! Everything looks delicious! Sorry abo...YUMMMMMMM! Everything looks delicious! Sorry about the deer. As much as it pains me to say this, I'd rather have groundhogs than deer. <BR/><BR/>For the berries, friends use cages made of pvc pipe and netting. They put the cages over the berries during the height of deer season, then remove the cages for the rest of the year. A pain, but it seems to work.<BR/><BR/>Good luck!<BR/>Ali in MaineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845299642721912499.post-54740137645032944572008-06-27T04:21:00.000-07:002008-06-27T04:21:00.000-07:00OH YuMMY! I can't wait for tomorrow!! Damn those d...OH YuMMY! I can't wait for tomorrow!! Damn those deer to hell!!! hahahaha! <BR/>Danni...rhubarb is, I've come to proclaim, EVIL!!! If you make pie or crisp with it, you will become spellbound and you wont be able to stop eating it. DON'T leave it out anywhere that you can see it!!! It calls to you!! See your garden tomorrow then!! <BR/>Pats to Roxy!Evehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06554593974838511759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845299642721912499.post-91763590585456300582008-06-27T02:57:00.000-07:002008-06-27T02:57:00.000-07:00Everything looks great! I love the baby pears. Th...Everything looks great! I love the baby pears. They really are cute.<BR/><BR/>You can put the men in the house to work. If they pee on the ground around the raspberries the deer will probably stay away. You can drop trough and join the party but 1)not quite so easy for us girls and 2)male urine contains testosterone that helps keep the deer away. <BR/><BR/>Don't be embarrassed by your garden! You're growing food. That's something to be proud of. Everything we put on the table ourselves is helpful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845299642721912499.post-59397539404899449712008-06-26T22:39:00.000-07:002008-06-26T22:39:00.000-07:00Dangit all... delete this if it's a repeat, but I ...Dangit all... delete this if it's a repeat, but I might change my answer to rust after looking at that picture again. It's rust or mites or I'm not a certified microbioarborologist, which I might very well be.<BR/><BR/>I gotta say, I recommend thinning. It'll help with fruit quality, prevent alternate year bearing, and remove pest breeding sites. It also allows for better air circulation, less stress on the limbs, and nicer color. Unless you can't for some reason, it's worth doing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845299642721912499.post-3651515366296450272008-06-26T21:49:00.000-07:002008-06-26T21:49:00.000-07:00Wow!I am so envious of your raspberries and bluebe...Wow!I am so envious of your raspberries and blueberries. I have tried unsuccessfully to grow both of them here and got nowhere. I would come and visit you and help you to eat all of those luscious berries if I could. My strawberries have already come and gone for the season and my boysenberries and blackberries are good, but not very plentiful this year.<BR/><BR/>I never thin my tree fruit and have not had any problems with bugs bothering them. In the past 9 years that I have had fruit trees, I have had problems with birds and deer eating the fruit (I use birdnetting now), deer, grasshoppers and occasional catapillers eating the leaves, and gophers damaging the roots, but never any bugs eating the fruit. No diseases either. Thinning the fruit will usually give you bigger fruits, but I find (and I read somewhere in one of my garden books) that the tree tends to thin itself of the fruit anyway, so I don't bother to do it. I am no tree fruit expert though. <BR/><BR/>Are your fruits grown organically without chemical fertilizers and pesticides? They look wonderful!<BR/><BR/>And Hazelnuts, Wow again!Farmer Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333209660043535465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845299642721912499.post-26812129830811300972008-06-26T21:28:00.000-07:002008-06-26T21:28:00.000-07:00Good evening, princess.I am of the opinion that yo...Good evening, princess.<BR/><BR/>I am of the opinion that you got yerself some kinda mites there. They're kind of hard to control, but you might try neem oil.<BR/><BR/>You might also consider thinning yer pears and apples to one per cluster, cuz the critters will get in between the developing fruit and have their disgusting way with them.<BR/><BR/>Bond. James Bond.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com