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Apr 10, 2012 7:58 PM CST
Name: Kristi
east Texas pineywoods (Zone 8a)
Herbs Region: Texas Vegetable Grower Avid Green Pages Reviewer Garden Ideas: Level 2
Yes to an orchard, consisting of:

a peach ~ Sam Houston a durable tree, enduring our heat and drought of 2011.
two Methley plums
a dwarf Bartlett pear ( I understood I needed a pollinator but this pear tree is loaded with fruit and as far as I know, there is no pollinator within a couple of miles or more.

a Arkansas black apple tree that is in bloom right now but it needs a pollinator. I am thinking probably a crab apple tree.

a brown turkey fig which is still small enough that the possums and other critters have been beating me to the fruit.

an olive tree ~ Arbequina europa
a bay ~ Laurus nobilis
And a portable orchard... portable because they probably won't endure our freezes. A Meyer improved lemon, a Mexican thornless lime and a Miho satsuma. The satsuma will withstand our winters once established but I need to figure out where to place it. Small yard and lots of plantings. Also an allspice which is totally tropical so I will move these in the greenhouse for wintering.
Believe in yourself even when no one else will. ~ Sasquatch

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