Sunday, November 26, 2017

aesculus californica 2017


I've set them out on the garage roof this year as last year I watched the squirrels carry them away one by one from pots under the back porch. The squirrels had never shown any interest in them before. These were harvested from the mother tree at Devil's Gulch, the main source for most of my buckeyes. Hoping the rain will give them a good start. I used to bury them, but realized they fall to the ground and sprout so perhaps just placing in the pots may be a better method.

Thursday, November 16, 2017

the fruit of November


Total crop size for 2017 from the Rettie Fuyu was three. Our beautiful persimmon lives too much in the shade to produce it's full share of harvest. But it makes up for lack of fruit by it's spring green leaf out and fall color. And Dashiell and Aero enjoy climbing in it.


 I have grown quite fond of persimmons. I think they are an acquired taste, like opera and single malt.