Maybelline's Garden

 Early in 2020, some new bareroot fruit trees replaced some failing trees. The Old Blenheim apricot was replaced with an O’Henry peach. An o...

It's time for the Masters' Tournament in Augusta, Georgia.  That golf course is famous for its azaleas.  My garden is not.  In 2009,...

  The garden orchard isn't big at all.  All the deciduous trees are espalier pruned to shadow the garden fence line.  (The citrus gro...

Santa Rosa Plum The Santa Rosa Plum grows perfectly in the Southern San Joaquin Valley.  Perfect.  Hot, long days all summer long don...

The Blenheim Apricot has some borer damage that was discovered during recent dormant spraying. I've sent out photos to several local nur...

All the deciduous trees were given the 1st application of dormant oil spray after each had a light pruning. Thinning out areas where necess...

Took some time away from the garden to get a couple of back surgeries taken care of.  The surgeons call it fusion.  I call it grafting. ...

The Granny Smith Apple tree is enjoying a healthy year of growth.  Just like the O'Henry Peach, the exposed trunk was wrapped for prot...

 Blenheim Apricot The apricot harvest is moving along nicely. Bird netting is keeping the pesky birds away in frustration with no sign...

The apricots are coming along nicely.  All the stone fruit in the garden are espalier pruned.  The two most vigorous trees are the Santa Ros...

Our Warren Pear tree is the garden diva.  Or should that be Devo?  It grows beautifully and is probably the best type of tree for espalier p...

Before the temperatures plummeted and the wind picked up this evening, all the fruit trees were groomed (espalier).  Some of the trees are m...

The original Fantasia Nectarine bit the dust and needed to be replaced.  Fortunately, I found a bare root specimen at Robby’s Nursery.  Last...

The Santa Rosa Plum is once again the first fruit tree in the garden to break its bud.  Here’s the history: February 20, 2009 February 1...

Ajax – 9 months old What a coincidence.  Ajax is 9 months old on the 235th birthday of our country.  Let’s celebrate! It’s hotter than a ...

Most the fruit trees in the garden are espalier trained.  Sorry if the word “espalier” is misused .  Though the trees grow two dimensionally...

  Santa Rosa Plum This past weekend the fruit trees enjoyed a little beauty treatment.  A light trim to encourage the leaves to bush out an...

  Look at what’s developing on the other side of the garden fence! The apricots have never made it this far in development.  Sure.  There...