[Sca-cooks] Akim's garden was: New Topic

[Olwen the Odd]

> > It's High Spring and I haven't seen much on the list of who's planting
>what.
> > I just planted 11 new chestnut trees, 5 Carpathian walnuts, 3 medlars,
> > 2 cornelian cherries, 4 quince trees today.  Last week, I put out 2
> > persimmon
> > trees, 4 blue damson plums, several seedless (modern) grapevines, a
>bunch
> > of cherry and pear trees, a few peaches, and massive number of herbs.
>
>Misha asked:
> >Just out of curiosity, how much land did you use to plant all that?
>
>Not very much.  The orchard fruit and nut trees are on 20' x 25' or 25' x
>25'
>spacing, so at most 1/4 to 1/3 of an acre.  The grapes make a fence row; a
>few
>of the exotics, I planted in the yard and the herbs fill in spots in the
>perennial berms
>and borders.  This is nothing.  The formal gardens I start this summer and
>fall will
>be 6 acres and will eventually have 400,000-500,000 blooming perennials.
>
>Akim

Alright.  Where the hel* do you live??  I need to see this.  hmmm...food
content....<<blink>>..I'll pack a picnic!
Olwen

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