Devonviolet Acres

[Mike CHS]

A little side track but I had some busy body call the county sheriff on me for growing pot in my yard and I lived in a subdivision. I didn't have a lot of garden space so I always planted some veggies in my permanent planting beds. The 1st time the county showed up and saw my 6' tall okra he cracked up. The same deputy responded to the same call the next year and just laughed and said at least it got him out of the office.

 

[Devonviolet]

YIKES!!! Some people need to get a life!!!

 

[Southern by choice]

A little side track but I had some busy body call the county sheriff on me for growing pot in my yard and I lived in a subdivision. I didn't have a lot of garden space so I always planted some veggies in my permanent planting beds. The 1st time the county showed up and saw my 6' tall okra he cracked up. The same deputy responded to the same call the next year and just laughed and said at least it got him out of the office.

Just wow.

 

[babsbag]

 

[greybeard]

A little side track but I had some busy body call the county sheriff on me for growing pot in my yard and I lived in a subdivision. I didn't have a lot of garden space so I always planted some veggies in my permanent planting beds. The 1st time the county showed up and saw my 6' tall okra he cracked up. The same deputy responded to the same call the next year and just laughed and said at least it got him out of the office.

Is, kinda funny, but to err on the side of caution is not as bad as totally ignoring our surroundings.

 

[Bruce]

Apparently some varieties of okra plants can look like marijuana??

I wonder if growing hemp will now be allowed in states where pot can legally be grown.

 

[Devonviolet]

We have two citrus trees - Meyer Lemon & Kaffir Lime, that we put in big pots, so we can bring them in the house in Winter, as they don't tolerate freezing temps.
Summer before last, the fire ants made a nest in the lemon pot, and almost killed it.

We took it out of the pot and pressure washed the roots to get rid of the ants. There weren't a lot of leaves left, so I pruned the branches aggressively, to channel all the energy to growing the roots.

Last summer, we didn't get any lemons, & it took a while for the leaves to start growing. Eventually the leaves did fill back in. But not nearly as much as the lime tree, which was about three times bigger.

During the Summer, DH gave the citrus trees monthly feedings of Azomite, and watered them with waste water from the duck ponds. The lime tree got some blossoms, but not a lot. We are now picking them as needed.

The lemon tree never got blossoms, but I figured it was because it was recovering frI'm it's near death experience the Summer before.

When we brought the trees in before the 1st frost, I pruned quite a bit off the lime tree, so we could get it through the front door. I left the lemon tree unpruned. I also gave both trees a feeding of fish emulsion fertilizer mixed with kelp, for added minerals. We then munched it with hay, to keep them from drying out.

Here is a Kaffir Lime

And a Lime blossom cluster

About 2 or 3 weeks after I fertilized the trees, they started getting blossoms, LOTS of blossoms!!!

This morning 2 of them finally bloomed this morning

 

[Mike CHS]

We left our lime tree behind in South Carolina but I miss having the leaves to add to Thai recipes.

 

[Bruce]

Are you going to bring some insects in to pollenate the trees or do it yourself with an artist's brush?

You sure that lime isn't an "ugly fruit"? I've never seen a Kefir lime I guess, I've only seen flat skinned fruits.

 

[CntryBoy777]

We had an orange and a tangelo trees in our yard in Florida....I sure miss riding around where we lived in Dec and Jan, the smells of the citrus blooms were wonderful....we also had several loquat trees too....they reminded me of living in Hawaii, along with the plumeria we had also....