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Plant and Grow Strawberries

We have another bumper crop of strawberries this year! Last year I moved the strawberries to their forever home which is in the same bed that I am growing peas. Please see my prior post to see why these two plants make great companions. Two years ago, I planted strawberry bare roots (see the picture […]

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Red Alert – Leaf Curl

Now one problem with some peach and nectarine trees is that they can be affected (or infected) with leaf curl. However, some of these tree varieties can be resistant to leaf curl. Unfortunately, the Reliance peach tree that I have is not resistant! The first two years my peach tree got leaf curl in the […]

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Reliance Peach Tree

We planted our Reliance peach tree in May 2012.  According to the plant tag that came with our tree, this peach tree  is hardy in zone 4 or -30 ⁰ F which means it grows well in the north.  Others say it is hardy only down to zone 5.  Either way, I am covered with […]