Harvest time.

[Lori]

Our apricot did not provide fruit last year and it doesn't look like it will this year. I have no idea why.

[niemeyjt]

Did it flower?

Was there a late frost?

Is it too well fed?

[Lori]

Did it flower?

Yes, but not all that much.

Was there a late frost?

No.

Is it too well fed?

Don't know. Not sure what I'm supposed to feed it. We sprayed it with bouillie bordelaise and put the sticky strip stuff around the trunk to attempt to reduce bug infestation.

[Polarengineer]

oh no!
sticky strip is soooo bad. I thought it a good idea until I had to peel off the blue tits that had stuck to it going for those bugs.

[Lori]

oh no!
sticky strip is soooo bad. I thought it a good idea until I had to peel off the blue tits that had stuck to it going for those bugs.

Oh dear !! We never thought of that. We haven't seen any birds on the sticky strips. We'll refrain in the future.

[Trelawney]

oh no!
sticky strip is soooo bad. I thought it a good idea until I had to peel off the blue tits that had stuck to it going for those bugs.

That is a serious warning for all of us who thought it could be a good solution to bug problems. I feel quite sorry for even those bugs.

[RobertArthur]

Harvest time again, lots of coings.

[widge]

PE, once upon a time rich harvests, 140 and more. The runners problem: enough is enough we said one day and we started pruning to keep them in check. Since then not any kiwi, an incredible lot of flowers earlier this year and bees working in almost three-shift. Promises, promises. Lean back and relax, the only thing we have to do is waiting. Nothing, except shadow, very welcome this year.

Ahhh freshly cut kiwi stems, our cats love eating them, it gives them a high, pupils the size of black holes and they act even more mad than they usually are, we looked it up, apparently it isn't harmfull, also apparently they use it in lion parks, it calms them down enough so you can dart them easier, if you need to give them an examination.

[RobertArthur]

@ Widge: not freshly cut kiwi stems, one of our cats was really fond of green beans. When you came back from shopping and left the shopping bag unattended for a moment, even for a second too long, the bag of green beans would already have been removed and opened by this gentle cat who suddenly displayed predatory behaviour. To prevent the entire contents from being tested for the chewability of every bean, I would throw a green bean a short distance away. It would be neatly retrieved and placed on top of my shoe, with a questioning look: again, please, Robert....

[widge]

@ Widge: not freshly cut kiwi stems, one of our cats was really fond of green beans. When you came back from shopping and left the shopping bag unattended for a moment, even for a second too long, the bag of green beans would already have been removed and opened by this gentle cat who suddenly displayed predatory behaviour. To prevent the entire contents from being tested for the chewability of every bean, I would throw a green bean a short distance away. It would be neatly retrieved and placed on top of my shoe, with a questioning look: again, please, Robert....

My wife told me about a cat she used to have, that loved cucumber, if she gave it some and tried to take it away again it would growl at her, all that was fine until her neighbour said to her, I don't know whats happening with my cucumbers in the garden, something apears to be eating them, there are large chunks bitten out of them, I cannot imagine what that could be, my wife replied, knowing perfectly well what had done it.