i went out back and planted some blueberry bushes in an effort to expand the fruit crop out there that the birds and i can compete for ( i see the yard festooned in bird tape next spring...perhaps even a scarecrow)...they are not self-pollinating so you need at least two to have any fruit...lots of varieties, i planted bluecrop because they can deal with being in partial shade rather than full sunlight...one of my autumn and winter projects this year is pruning back more of the jungle out there including some feral ornamental grasses i plan to replace with potatoes, tomatoes, beans and peppers...that will also get my apple trees out form under their shadow part of the day...they need sun all day...if i have hundreds of winter wheat plants up on campus, i have thousands here at home...i used two different batches of seeds for the plantings and i have to question the viability of some of the seed i used on campus...i plan to leave the bed in the photo as a crop so i will have a multitude of seed for fall 2012 to use and share wherever...even my half-barrels are filling in with sprouts...it promises to be a grassy spring all around.
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