This morning I went out to toss some stuff into the compost bin and collect up the ripe blueberry! It's pretty cool to wander out the back door and gather up food while there is still a blanket of fog hanging over the yard. It was peaceful and cool with the light energy of the waking world as the birds provided a jovial, musical backdrop.
Yea, my fruit cup isn't really much, I only have to very young blueberry bushes and a hand full of strawberry plants, but they tend to produce a couple of bowls full of fruit each season. I'm often amazed at how many mature plants it can take to produce one bowl of berries. I think it takes a great deal more land to produce berries then other foods though I haven't checked the yield per sqft. What always amazes me more is when I'm at the fruit stand and there is a huge container of blueberries sitting right next to dozens of other containers and my mind instantly starts computing the number of bushes it takes to fill the containers, wow!
On the garden front, It shouldn't be more then another day or two before I start harvesting squash! I have a nearly ripe squash already out there and at least 6 more that are a week out! Fun time for some curried squash soup, or just curried squash, or maybe even little bruchetta squash? Humm so many options
2 comments:
What kind of blueberry plants grow in Zone 9? We had HUGE bushes in N GA - sweet, easy-to-pick, prolific. They filled so many bowls we shared with everybody! I haven't tried them in Ft Myers.
Do you run into any zoning restrictions for gardening in your area???
Hi Peace,
Well I haven't had the sort of luck I was hoping to have with my blue berries. I have a "Gulf Coast King" ? and an Emerald, well I should say had, the Gulf Coast (I think that's the right name) completely died on me this summer but the Emerald is hanging in there quite nicely. I blame the gardener for the demise of the other plant. I haven't learned enough to grow blueberries because I've focused on other things. I think I'll be investing more time this season into a couple new plants and some better growing practices. I'm not sure if its poor soil or lack of water that had damaged my blueberries but, my remaining 2yr old plant hasn't quite broken 2.5 ft tall yet. Seems to be growing slow.
As for regulations, I have never asked permission and don't plant to! :) We have an HOA which is typically annoying but they seem so stay out of peoples gardening business so we are getting along nicely at the moment. I would bet that keeping chickens or bees(really want bees) would get be into trouble but just plants is safe!
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