Grafting my potted fruit trees

It's been a year since I learned how to graft at Merritt college. Grafting is very easy, anyone can do it, even you!! I grafted Golden delicious & Moraga antique scions onto one (1) rootstock. This week I visited some fellow gardeners and they allowed me to cut scions from their fruit trees. Thursday I grafted the scions, and if scions attach properly I will have Cripps pink & Pink pearl Apple on one tree, Black mission & Brown turkey Fig on one tree and Hachiya & Fire Crystal Persimmon. Since my space is limited,  grafting allows me to add more varieties of fruits to my container garden.

Garden Additions by Dana

So we went to Annie's Nursery today and purchased additions to the edible garden.

Vincent Male and Female Kiwi

Chilean Guava

White Strawberries

Hachiya Persimmon

Crescent Park Gardening by Dana

Playndirt was proud to donate plants to the new community garden in Crescent Park, Richmond California.

Raised Garden Beds

California native Alpine strawberries (white and red varieties), Pansies (edible flowers), Snapdragons, Pepino Dulce, Miner's lettuce and Cape gooseberry.

Rosemary by Dana

So my Rosemary has finally produced purple flowers. Which purple of course is my favorite color.

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Paste Tomatoes by Dana

So Darnell and I did an experiment with our tomatoes.  We left one plant in the ground and took out the rest because the season for tomatoes was over, however the plant we left in the ground stated growing again and producing flowers and here's the results.  It is Paste tomatoes used for making pasta sauce. 

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Jack Fruit by Dana

So recently we added more plants to our garden.  Jack Fruit was just one of them.  I researched the health properties of Jack Fruit and I learned that Jack Fruit is high in fiber, minerals and vitamins.

Grape Flowers in the Rain by Dana

It rained today and I noticed that my grape flowers looked really pretty in the rain with the water on the vine and on the small flowers.