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Food forest harvest: peaches. First year this peach tree has fruited!

This Flamin Fury peach seems to be an earlier variety than the other two variations we have that started fruiting last year. This tree almost died back to the ground when I planted it a few years ago and it's come back strong so I'm impressed that it is already producing.

Been picking a few ripe peaches here and there for the last few days but it seems that now is the time to harvest the majority of them. We don't do anything as far as treatments go to our fruit trees. Last season we noticed if we tried to wait until most of the peaches reached peak ripeness on the tree that we lost many to mold. This year we are trying to harvest a little early and let them ripen in the fridge.

Most of our peach trees are different variations of the flamin fury variety from a local breeder that has been working on breeding cold tolerant peaches for a couple generations. You can order them from Grandpa's Orchard Nursery.

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rev.hodl 2y ago

Food Forest Harvest: Peaches

All three peach trees in the food forest had good fruit sets this year but the latest tree was loaded. I wanted to see what happened if I didn't thin the fruit out. Some branches broke from the all all the fruit but they won't be missed in the long run. Picking about 20 or so peaches a day until they are all picked. That way if the mold sets in I will still have plenty of peaches already even if they have to ripen off the tree. Peach DCA

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Mr. Sat Stacker 2y ago

Wow!

rev.hodl 2y ago

Food Forest Harvest: Grapes. After 5 years, thr first grape harvest has come

We planted several varieties of grape vines to climb nitrogen fixing black alder trees in the food forest. After 5 years the vines have completely climbed the trees. The grapes are doing their intended job of creating physical stress to encourage the tree to release nitrogen to the surrounding plants. Now, we are harvesting the first bunches of grapes. These grapes are Niagra. The ethic of return the surplus back to the system is starting to take on a whole new meaning as the plants we are growing are starting to mature and produce. Soon we will have more than we have time to harvest and process alone. Thankfully most plants have a job beyond the fruit they produce so if we miss a harvest a yeild is still being obtained. In this case, if I am unable to harvest the grapes and hops vining up the trees, they are still doing the work of stressing the tree providing a yeild of nitrogen fertilizer.

#permaculture #permies #homesteading #grownostr #meshtadel #selfsovereignty #forestgarden #foodforest #returnsurplus #nonextraction #grapes #harvest

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CiderMaker 2y ago

It is a wonderful problem to have overflow and abundance.

Once you have planted trees and saved in bitcoin time is on your side.

Yields will increase for many years to come