Garden Garden Apples Blah Blah

[botias]

Spending money always makes me nervous. When you've been very frugal, it does something in your brain. You come to associate spending money with 'bad' so when you do spend money, whatever you spend it on has to give you more pleasure than it does a normal person, because it must counter this feeling. Few objects provide this much satisfaction as it turns out, re-enforcing the 'spending money bad' thing. Plus, new things means opportunity for failure. Failure that cost money! But, tummy butterflies aside, everything went swimmingly. The orchard folks were not only at the farmer's market, they were both previously equipped and eager to provide samples of all their apples. My fave's were a huge and tasty apple called 'Rome Beauty' and a rather decadent one called 'Red Fuji' so full of sweet juice that the core is translucent with it. I continued to the nursery (15% off bare-root tree orders if you pre-pay before the 15th) and they offered both varieties on dwarf and semi-dwarf stock. Oh, and it turned out there was a berry nursery at the farmers market as well, offering spiffy, healthy blueberry plants, just the varieties I'd been researching on line and for cheaper. I got three.

After that it was on to the native plant nursery. I checked out their used fencing and also got some plants for my native plant butterfly buffet I'm hoping to create. Nectar plants are everywhere you see. It's the specific chow for their caterpillars that's in short supply. Plus, I got a great big roll of wire from their barn for $5. Perfect for berry trellises and for concrete re-enforcement. *rubs hands together*

This was much more interesting to blog about than the handsome Australian that an acquaintance picked up on a train in Europe(?) and brought to the fund-raiser, right? I never saw so much fluttering of eyelashes.

Comments

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

Around here the current favorite apple is one called 'Honeycrisp' but really any apple is just tasty.

And that goes for blueberries as well.

[botias.livejournal.com]

Honeycrisp is a big favorite here as well. Planting time is not here yet, perhaps I could get one of those as well... Dwarf apple trees are like those little dogs right? Can just stash one anywhere.

[empresspatti.livejournal.com]

Ok - love to hear about your garden always. Also agree with you about money. I'm frugal by nature and inclination even when I don't have to be.

All that being said - I'm dying of envy that someone picked up a handsome Australian on a train in Europe and brought him to a fund raiser. I might be old, but not dead.....

[botias.livejournal.com]

I'm glad the garden talk entertains. :) I love to talk about it.

I know! I understand they were both traveling Europe, and she invited him to stay with her when he made it to the States, and voila. What a souvenir to share with one's friends. I could listen to him talk forever.

[empresspatti.livejournal.com]

I could listen to him talk forever.

Cute guys with accents make me slobber. Now that I am 55, it mostly scares them....

[botias.livejournal.com]

He might not have been scared. He was 47, so perhaps he was handsome rather than cute.

[riccadonna.livejournal.com]

Low budget reshapes your brain, I know that by heart! :)
You did fantastic shopping, though; how long will the apples take to start giving fruit? I love Fuji, they are exceptionally crispy, and often a very large size, here.

[botias.livejournal.com]

I understand that dwarf trees will give fruit very quickly because they graft them onto mature rootstock that's itching to get going. We'll see. :) Fuji are yummy. Braeburn's are good too.

[elynne.livejournal.com]

yay gardeningstuff! Glad that you are pleased with your purchases. :)

[botias.livejournal.com]

So far so good. :) Purchasing is always the fun and easy part.

[louise39.livejournal.com]

The fall is a great time to buy and plant stuff. I love to eat Rome Beauties but I've never seen Red Fuji apples.
[Off to google]
**Sounds 'delicious' and easy to grow and eat!!

Good luck with all your plantings.

[botias.livejournal.com]

I looked up Rome Beauties on the internet, and some places said they made awful eating off of the tree. O.o Guess we'll see what sort of tree I end up with. I love apple pies, so if my Rome Beauties are baking apples then I will cope.

Thanks! I may need it. :)