Hello All,
I was very happy and surprised to see that a newer site for fruit growers had been set up by Scott. Thank you for doing this! I was on Gardenweb for a few years and learned a lot from the various posts and people sharing information. The posts dwindled down after Houzz took it over, and I just discovered this site a week ago!
I live in South Lake Tahoe, CA with my husband. My kids are grown, but I still share the joys of gardening with them by raising their vegetable and flower seedlings and helping them with their own gardens. Over the last few years, I have been able to grow cabbage, garlic, onions, potatoes, tomatoes, herbs and flowers in Tahoe. When we moved here, I was told that nothing grows here. It does have its challenges and I have learned to be adaptable with gardening here. I am in zone 6B.
About 4 or 5 years ago, I planted 6 apple fruit trees, 3 plum trees, 3 cherry trees and an apricot tree. I had some setbacks on a few of my apple trees when we had a tremendous amount of snow 3 years ago which covered the trees and sheared off the tops. They have all come back to life, but I am still patiently waiting for fruit on all of my trees. Since I planted the trees, I had a total of 3 apricots, 6 cherries, 0 apples and one plum. We do get some late freezes here in the spring, so that has contributed to my fruit growing challenges.
I look forward to being on this site! Thanks again!
