Archive for the 'Fruit Bearing Plants' Category

18 Nov

One thing that we are thankful for during the month of Thanksgiving is the availability of Pomegranates. They are available in the fall in our supermarket, but the prices are reduced during the month of November, and we buy a couple each week. My husband was watching “Good Eats” with Alton Brown one night and [...]

28 Oct

With an October Nor’easter in the weather predictions for the northeast so early in the season, it is as good an excuse as any to be thinking about the tropics….tropical gardens that grow almost year round in some places, and provide some of the most delicious fruit that can be found. Even though I can’t [...]

13 Feb

Being on a tropical theme today, I thought I’d look and see what videos are available for the tropical gardener, and I found quite a few!  I didn’t realize that, in the right climate, Banana Plants are fairly easy to grow, and also didn’t realize that they produce fruit at only 6 feet tall!  I [...]