The soil in that spot is appalling clay fill from the building of the house, so they wouldn't do any good if I planted them straight in the ground, so I've stuck them in two large pots I already had. The windows face north-west, so the idea is that they will shade the front windows from the hot afternoon summer sun, but because they are deciduous, they will allow some sun inside in winter. I gave them a nice drink of seaweed tonic and diluted worm wee so hopefully - along with the new organic potting soil they have been planted in - they will take off in growth a little before winter sets in.
Another step closer to my food forest :-)
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There is nothing like eating an apple picked straight off a tree in your own garden! It was seriously the tastiest apple I'd ever had when I was able to do that. :)
(Bless the people who own our house because they planted the garden full of fruit trees...including a bannana tree but the bannanas just tasted gross)
They look great! I like that idea, though I'm pretty good at killing things in pots.
Kate
Hi Cat, I wonder why your bananas tasted bad? I'm a bit worried I might do something to mine now, LOL. Hopefully it is just something to do with the variety?
Hi Kate, it must be really hard to keep the water up to things in pots down your way though - especially in this heat wave and when it's so dry! Gosh I hope it cools down a bit for you guys soon. Phew.
Cheers, Julie
I'd not thought of putting fruit trees in pots - we have a very sunny back garden, but it's all laid to patio so we can't really plant anything unless it is in a pot... going to have a good look through my catalogues and fruit book tonight and plan a mini orchard for out back
My other half is a real fruit bat so he'll be really happy to be able to pop out to the garden and pick his snacks fresh each day
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