Sep 1, 2012

Minnesota Peaches??

Up here, where -40 is a very normal January temp, fruit is harder to grow.  I get excited every time I get melons from the garden, or plums on the trees.  This year I found a peach tree at the local nursery that is supposed to be good for zone 4.  Well, we're a zone 3, but I thought I'd try it anyways.
Only two peaches, but they sure tasted good.
We spit them both four ways so we could each get a taste. 
Now I need to baby that tree through the winter.  I'm sure hoping that it makes it.
There are also melons getting done in the garden-
And a couple of watermelons that might make it, I hope. 
Next year I hope to add a couple of pear trees to the orchard and maybe another apple tree. 

Have a great weekend.

1 comment:

Mama Pea said...

Oh, how we would love to be able to grow a couple of peach trees up here. We were just out in the apple tree area yesterday looking at where we could fit in another couple/few trees. Thanks for posting this, it gives me encouragement that peaches just might be able to make it up here near the tundra!

Sep 1, 2012

Minnesota Peaches??

Up here, where -40 is a very normal January temp, fruit is harder to grow.  I get excited every time I get melons from the garden, or plums on the trees.  This year I found a peach tree at the local nursery that is supposed to be good for zone 4.  Well, we're a zone 3, but I thought I'd try it anyways.
Only two peaches, but they sure tasted good.
We spit them both four ways so we could each get a taste. 
Now I need to baby that tree through the winter.  I'm sure hoping that it makes it.
There are also melons getting done in the garden-
And a couple of watermelons that might make it, I hope. 
Next year I hope to add a couple of pear trees to the orchard and maybe another apple tree. 

Have a great weekend.

1 comment:

Mama Pea said...

Oh, how we would love to be able to grow a couple of peach trees up here. We were just out in the apple tree area yesterday looking at where we could fit in another couple/few trees. Thanks for posting this, it gives me encouragement that peaches just might be able to make it up here near the tundra!