rebecca wrote:

On Sat, 02 Sep 2006 18:34:06 GMT, The Joneses
wrote:
Do fig leaves have an aroma or flavor?

They do. You know how on a hot day you can smell a fig tree? That's
its leaves. It's not real strong, but enough to add something to your
pickles.

--Rebecca

I never noticed, but I'll go scouting for figs, a couple neighbors have
them.
Edrena

"George Shirley" wrote in message
...

This year I'm cutting all the fruit trees back to six feet tall. Most of
them are dwarf stock but still insist on getting 15 to 20 feet tall in
our area. I need them smaller so I can put netting over them and keep
the tree rats and grackles from taking all the fruit.


George


How do you manage to net the trees, even at 6'? I used some bird netting to
cover a poultry pen the other day and it stuck on every twig of the tiny
cherry tree and every shingle on the top of the bird house, and I had an
agile teen helper. I figured netting a tree was really a joke and 'they'
knew I was a sucker when I bought the netting.

I've never seen a lemon that weighed even a pound, and I lived in Florida
for a year. Your tree sure sounds like a winner - big fruit that tastes
good too. If only I didn't hate to travel... sigh

Deb
--
In Oregon, the pacific northWET. NWF habitat #32964

I buy my bird netting from Stark Bros. nursery in Missouri. Comes in
various sizes, most of mine is 14ft by 14 ft and it stretches a mite at
that. It will hang on small limbs but it can be done, much easier at 6
ft than at 20 ft.

George

Deb wrote:
"George Shirley" wrote in message
...

This year I'm cutting all the fruit trees back to six feet tall. Most of
them are dwarf stock but still insist on getting 15 to 20 feet tall in
our area. I need them smaller so I can put netting over them and keep
the tree rats and grackles from taking all the fruit.


George



How do you manage to net the trees, even at 6'? I used some bird netting to
cover a poultry pen the other day and it stuck on every twig of the tiny
cherry tree and every shingle on the top of the bird house, and I had an
agile teen helper. I figured netting a tree was really a joke and 'they'
knew I was a sucker when I bought the netting.

I've never seen a lemon that weighed even a pound, and I lived in Florida
for a year. Your tree sure sounds like a winner - big fruit that tastes
good too. If only I didn't hate to travel... sigh

Deb