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Since I’ve got so much shade, I’ve been dithering for months about what kind of fruits I can grow on my city lot in addition to what I have started. I would love to have tree fruit like apricots and I did buy a plum tree last year after I read that they could be [...] I pruned one of the toloache bushes, which are now over my head. These things are so robust; neither bug nor disease seems to touch them. Handsome plants! I wanted the pickling cukes growing next to them to get a little more sun, though. I harvested the leaves and flowers from the prunings and am [...] I’m comparing three nightshades this year: regulation black nightshade (“the species”), Wonderberry, and Chichiquelite. Black Nightshade – Solanum nigrum Wonderberry – Solanum nigrum Chichiquelite – Solanum nigrum There are pretty clear differences between them already. The chichiquelite is obviously the preferred nosh of flea beetles. Most of those plants have holes in the leaves. The wonderberry’s [...] |
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