| I've added something to my wish list. The large house where I'm currently working has a lean-to greenhouse on a south facing wall of one of the barns.  |
| Peach house |
This green house contains just a single peach tree, full of peaches. It's had no care from anyone this year (although plenty in the past) but it's seems to have a really good crop, just perfect for a treat at the end of lunch time!
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| To tempting to leave! |
It's a great place for a green house as the south facing stone wall must hold and store so much heat, making the peaches ripen perfectly. The roots on the tree must be plenty big enough to get it's water from outside the greenhouse (and the holes in the roof).
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| Beautiful peach |
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| Good sized peach tree |
All I need now is a south facing wall and a peach tree that's got a bit of age to it! Something to plan to build and plant in a few years time! Anyone else love to grow food that shouldn't really ripen in their country (I've still yet to conquer figs!)
Peaches do well here. Keeping the bugs off the fruit is a battle however!
ReplyDeleteYou guys seem to have real fights with the bugs out your way! I'd love to grow lemons as well and I bet they do well in your climate!
DeleteLast year my polytunnel was filled with the fruits of the vine, literally our grape vine spread the length of the 25ft tunnel and we had grapes in abundance. They rarely made it into the house we would both go and pick a small bunch as a snack to munch on while working outdoors.
ReplyDeleteThe chickens benefitted from all the one that fell to the floor and loved them.
I grew a melon once, but it was so small it only filled an egg cup!! (I'm trying again this year.)
Sue xx
A polytunnel is something I'd love but I can't keep on top of the veg garden I've got at the moment so no point yet! Maybe when my little girl is a little older and she can help me weed it all...
DeleteWe tried melon one year. A mouse nibbled through the underside so when we picked the rather luscious looking melon,there was no fruit left. We called the mouse Full Monty.
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I've brought melon seed in the past with the intentions of growing it, but never got as far as to plant it. I'll try one year maybe, but if mice like them I'd have no hope here I'd have to sort them out first!
DeleteWe're up in Hill Billy Land..Derbyshire and have only managed blueberries and strawbs. That's all. Pesky snails and the weather have got the rest. We've just put in cherry and apple trees in the garden. Peach would be lovely. Our lean-to is an ancient, leaky, aluminium greenhouse type of knackered construction so am trying to repair/replace it, but it's hard knowing where to start! lol
ReplyDeleteI'd like a polytunnel so I can shelter some of the crops and extend the growing seasons. Does anyone know if polytunnels are easy to put up? I'm thinking polytunnel would be more useful than a greenhouse.
Previous occupants put down gravel everywhere in our garden. Ack. The membrane underneath is shot and so the weeds are having a great time coming through it! So I'm trying to get shut of it, bit by bit.
Our strawbs were terrible this year (but it is the first year they've gone in here so I'll let them off). A leaky green house is better than no greenhouse - saves on watering if it leaks in the right place! I'd imagine a polytunnel would be fairly easy to put up but you'd want a few of you there to pull the plastic over. Thanks for your comment.
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