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We moved into our current home in October, 2015. Having moved from a home with multiple fruit trees, it was a bit of an adjustment for me to see one lemon tree and one orange tree. Both though large, to my dismay were not producing well. For the first time in years, I had to resort to store bought lemons.
There was plenty of space to grow, but needed a lot of work to be done. Little hills, dense with clay, grass covered lawns, several trees past their prime littered the landscape. However, it was that time of the year for buying bare root trees, so I could not delay any longer. I purchased a few bare root trees and found spots in the garden, on the south-west hill to plant them. The soil was as hard as rock, and the neighbors magnolia was towering over the fence. After planting two trees, we decided to do the rest in containers.
Over the next few months, I studied the course of the sun, understood the soil a little better, and came up with a master plan. The plan was to extend the fence out, and reclaim some of the front yard space into the backyard. With the fence extension started the veggie bed making project using up the old fence boards. With the beds in place, one by one the container grown fruit trees found homes.
Over the past 4 years, we’ve added numerous fruit trees, bushes and vines in our suburban home. A few of them did not survive, but thinking back, I am so proud of our garden transformation – from one that was quite boring and barren, to one that harbors plenty of life, inviting birds, bees, butterflies, squirrels, blue jay’s, wood peckers, humming birds, and many many more that call this space their home.
Today is the day my dear mother passed on, 6 years back. She left behind with me the joy of gardening. Although she was not an avid gardener, she was creative in many aspects and found delight in simple things. She perhaps knew that one day, I would go deep into gardening when she first gifted our first fruit tree – the nectarine.
Honoring my mother, and thankful for the gift that started this all, from the 2 edible trees, we have planted 92 more, as of May 21, 2020.
Here’s a list of what is growing in our edible garden.
Vines
- Raspberry – Bababerry (May – July) – 2 vines
- Raspberry – Red heritage ( harvest Aug – nov)
- Raspberry – Fall gold (ever bearing)
- Raspberry – Canby (harvest June – July)
- Raspberry Baby cakes (late June – early July)
- BlackBerry – Olallie (harvest late-May to early July)
- Blackberry – Triple crown (harvest mid-July to August)
- Blackberry – Chester
- Grapes – Summer Royal – September
- Grapes – Ladies finger – October
- Grapes – Perlette – August
- Grapes – unknown variety
- Grapes – unknown variety
- Purple Passion fruit
- Passion fruit – Hawaii’s variety
Shrubs
- Misty blueberry – 2 bushes
- O’Neal blueberry – 2 bushes
- Pink lemonade blueberry – 2 bushes
- Sunshine blue – 2 bushes
- South moon – 2 bushes
- Legacy – 2 bushes
- Sharp moon – 2 bushes
- Unknown blueberry varieties – 5 bushes
- Elderberry (mid Aug – mid Sept)
- Goji berries
- Huckleberry
Trees
- Nagami Kumquat
- Calamondin
- Laurel bay
- Tea – camellia sinensis
- Kaffir lime
- Blenheim apricot (harvest late May – Mid June)
- Montgomery cherry
- Lapins cherry
- Dwarf Mulberry
- Pakistani mulberry
- Sugar cane
- Loquat
- Plum – Santa Rosa – June – Jul
- Plum – Satsuma – August
- Asian Pear combination- Shishenki, Hosui, 20th century, Chojuru
- Figs (Aug – Nov)
- Nectarine – Snow Queen white – June end – July mid
- Nectarine – Heavenly white nectarine – July
- Avocado – Mexicola
- Olive
- Gala Apple (Aug)
- Golden delicious apple
- Guava (Aug – september)
- Banana
- Drumstick / Moringa
- All-in-one almond
- Pear – Anjou – late September
- Pear – Kieffer (Sept – mid Oct)
- Pear – Warren (Oct – Nov)
- Pear – Combination pear tree – Comice, Seckel, Flemish beauty
- Fig – Violette de Bordeaux (Aug – Nov)
- Fig – Janice seedless Kadota
- Fig – unknown varieties – 2 vigorous trees
- Fig – Panache
- Pomegranate – Wonderful (September – November)
- Pomegranate – Eve (Oct-Nov)
- Espaliered Apple – gala, Fuji, golden delicious, Braeburn
- Golden delicious apple
- Guava – Pink flesh
- Guava – Mexican white
- Guava – Portuguese
- Guava – Pineapple
- Persimmon – Hachiya (harvest Nov-Dec)
- Orange – Cara Cara Naval
- Orange – air-layered unknown variety
- Blood orange
- Grapefruit – OroblancoÂ
- Grapefruit – Rio RedÂ
- Mandarin – Owari Satsuma
- Mandarin – air-layered unknown variety
- Lemon – Improved Meyer lemon
- Lemon – Eureka pink variegated lemon
- Lemon – air layered unknown variety of lemon
- Lemon – air layered unknown variety of lemon
As we move things around in the garden, we are finding more space to grow. I won’t be surprised if we do end up having a 100 trees pretty soon. Little hills, front yards, and side yard spaces are slowly being transformed into beautiful edible landscapes filled with color and food, for us and our nature friends to enjoy!