What’s going on in your garden (2025)?

Finally I rooted all of my cuttings in sand, I hope they will sprout. This is my 4th year of rooting, I enjoy the process.
Today I also did some more trimming of my climbing roses, it’s nice to finally see my wall.
One thing I noticed is that some of my blueberry bushes are setting flowers and fruit. I really can’t wait for Jan/Feb time frame. Last year I ate a lot fresh and I finally got bored, I started cooking with some of them. This is what happens when I have 36 bushes, I know, I know, I have problem controlling myself when it comes to plants.
 
SoCalZone10 said:
Finally I rooted all of my cuttings in sand, I hope they will sprout. This is my 4th year of rooting, I enjoy the process.
Today I also did some more trimming of my climbing roses, it’s nice to finally see my wall.
One thing I noticed is that some of my blueberry bushes are setting flowers and fruit. I really can’t wait for Jan/Feb time frame. Last year I ate a lot fresh and I finally got bored, I started cooking with some of them. This is what happens when I have 36 bushes, I know, I know, I have problem controlling myself when it comes to plants.
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The birds get all of our blueberries.
 
I've just liberated 300ml of raspberries from the garden.

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They never look as much tipped out on the breadboard but that's my get rid of insects approach. It's a big chopping board.
 
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I never get raspberries looking that good. Maybe next year.
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I have 2 variants growing. This is actually the smaller of the 2 which I can't remember the name of. The other version is tulameen, which has an amazing taste and are huge. We'll get ½-1kg every 3 days now until it gets too hot for them. Then they'll flower and fruit a second time in the autumn. We have a very strange micro-climate but it does mean i get 2 full crops of raspberries a year instead of the normal 1 crop. I'm not complaining, raspberries are my all time favourite food.
 
SatNavSaysStraightOn said:
I have 2 variants growing. This is actually the smaller of the 2 which I can't remember the name of. The other version is tulameen, which has an amazing taste and are huge. We'll get ½-1kg every 3 days now until it gets too hot for them. Then they'll flower and fruit a second time in the autumn. We have a very strange micro-climate but it does mean i get 2 full crops of raspberries a year instead of the normal 1 crop. I'm not complaining, raspberries are my all time favourite food.
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Mine are all in pots, I’m too nervous to plant them in the ground, maybe that’s the reason why.
 
SoCalZone10 said:
Mine are all in pots, I’m too nervous to plant them in the ground, maybe that’s the reason why.
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It doesn't help them. We just have a rule that works something along the lines of, if they're growing in the lawn my husband takes the mower over them. If they surface in an area of the veg plot they're not wanted, I usually pull them up, or dig them out depending on if i need more to fill a hole or if someone wants some. They can be grown in pots but they'll need to be plenty of space and soil and lots of water aka BIG pots. I have 2 olive trees growing in BIG pots too big to pick up and move and they're perfectly happy but my love of raspberries out does any need to take them. Even my landlady wants cuttings of my raspberries! Lol
 
I have mine in a large container except they are packed together. I need to redo my raspberries, my husband said mine taste a lot better than store bought.

Anyway, today we woke up and we had a lite sprinkle, the ground is a bit wet, and from what I read there could be a storm coming, so I quickly harvested one Owari Satsuma tree, it’s a dwarf or semi-dwarf, but it’s good enough for the 3 of us for a few weeks. I still have a second tree on the right side of my garden. Maybe I will harvest it soon before the rain coming, it will dilute the flavor.


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Today I purchased 2 trees, one is Cambodian atemoya variety, Sihanouk is the name, it’s supposed to be a good variety, I plan to graft this variety to my Mexican Cherimoya, Dr White, it’s supposed to have vigorous root.
While I was there, she said if I get a jujube she can give it to me for half the price, so of course I couldn’t resist a discount, so I got a Honey Jar jujube, I also plan to graft this Spring with more new varieties. I enjoy grafting, I think it’s a cool process.
So this afternoon, I will be busy up potting my newly acquired trees.

My husband is out in front stringing lights, and I took this picture of my Washington Navel oranges, they are very sweet and they look nice in winter as a decoration.

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SoCalZone10 said:
Today I purchased 2 trees, one is Cambodian atemoya variety, Sihanouk is the name, it’s supposed to be a good variety, I plan to graft this variety to my Mexican Dr White Cherimoya, it’s supposed to be vigorous root.
While I was there, she said if i get a jujube she can give it to me for half the price, so of course I couldn’t resist a discount, so I got a Honey Jar jujube, i also plan to graft this Spring with more new varieties. I enjoy grafting, I think it’s a cool process.
So this afternoon, I will be busy up potting my newly acquired trees.

My husband is out in front string lights, and I took this picture of my Washington Navel oranges, they are very sweet and they look nice in winter as a decoration.

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How lucky you are to be able to grow these fruits in winter.
 
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