05-25-2007, 03:59 PM
Kava still tastes like dirt no matter who chews it. We have the same sort of kava growing in our backyard - one that is growing well and not being cut.
There isn't an official vegetable garden yet, one of these years it would be nice to get one built, but until it gets planted there are a variety of fruit trees and vines scattered around the yard. At the moment, the grapes are doing well and setting lots of clusters. These are some sort of old seeded concord grape variety, it is from a cutting taken from an old cane house garden before the house and garden were razed.
The peaches are getting ripe, although we've lost several of them to ants eating out the insides. Arrgh! Last year it was birds eating them. The pineapples are setting out really cute little pineapples but none of them are anywhere close to being ready to eat yet. The coffee is setting loads of cherries, but it will be awhile before it is ready to pick.
It has been really dry and I've been out watering things in the evenings for the past several weeks. This evening a fairly large sized banana plant - one about nine feet tall was really wobbly. Between the wind and the dryness, it was almost blown over. A small push and it went over so I used this as an opportunity to move it somewhere a bit more protected from the wind. It will be interesting to see if it reroots in the new location, I don't think I've ever transplanted a banana plant of this size before.
The bees are really happy. They finally got their hive weedwhacked around so now they can fly to and fro easier.
There isn't an official vegetable garden yet, one of these years it would be nice to get one built, but until it gets planted there are a variety of fruit trees and vines scattered around the yard. At the moment, the grapes are doing well and setting lots of clusters. These are some sort of old seeded concord grape variety, it is from a cutting taken from an old cane house garden before the house and garden were razed.
The peaches are getting ripe, although we've lost several of them to ants eating out the insides. Arrgh! Last year it was birds eating them. The pineapples are setting out really cute little pineapples but none of them are anywhere close to being ready to eat yet. The coffee is setting loads of cherries, but it will be awhile before it is ready to pick.
It has been really dry and I've been out watering things in the evenings for the past several weeks. This evening a fairly large sized banana plant - one about nine feet tall was really wobbly. Between the wind and the dryness, it was almost blown over. A small push and it went over so I used this as an opportunity to move it somewhere a bit more protected from the wind. It will be interesting to see if it reroots in the new location, I don't think I've ever transplanted a banana plant of this size before.
The bees are really happy. They finally got their hive weedwhacked around so now they can fly to and fro easier.
Kurt Wilson