Lol, I've thought so many times about chopping down that plum tree, as did the previous owner of this place. But space for fruit trees is limited in the garden, I'm not sure I could eat a whole tree's worth of apricots or sour cherries every year, and there it stands, the perfect "rootstock" for my grafts, so I do hope to turn it into many other kinds of trees, if I can find some good scions. But I might cut off some of the branches that push into the other two trees! Naturally, it splits low on the trunk, with one split heading directly in the direction of the one neighboring tree, the other into the other, sigh.
Your ecosystem sounds awesome! I too love a natural ecosystem on my land as much as is reasonably possible. The land here is very wild, and I've had to let a lot it do whatever it wants out of necessity. I've been amazed this year at the new varieties of plants growing where nothing of the sort grew last year. It's rather beautiful.
I prefer to freeze things, too, but I run out of room in my freezer too fast, so I also can some things. What Chinese and Japanese greens do you grow? I'm growing some mizuna now (and having some success for the first time), and my CSA once gave us shungiku which was interesting, but those are about the only ones I know of besides bok choi.
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Date: 2025-06-10 06:18 pm (UTC)Your ecosystem sounds awesome! I too love a natural ecosystem on my land as much as is reasonably possible. The land here is very wild, and I've had to let a lot it do whatever it wants out of necessity. I've been amazed this year at the new varieties of plants growing where nothing of the sort grew last year. It's rather beautiful.
I prefer to freeze things, too, but I run out of room in my freezer too fast, so I also can some things. What Chinese and Japanese greens do you grow? I'm growing some mizuna now (and having some success for the first time), and my CSA once gave us shungiku which was interesting, but those are about the only ones I know of besides bok choi.