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Every year in mid-summer I look up into our beautiful ginkgo tree and ponder the day that those green fruits turn a bright orange and begin to fall. The fruits are prized as a delicacy and medicine in some cultures.  There's just one problem. The fruits smell like vomit. I'm not kidding. They smell horrible. The plump little fruits fall onto the sidewalk with a SPLAT and the aroma can be detected from over a block away.  No. Really. A block away. "What on earth are those things?", many passers-by inquire.  I have my patter down after all these years.  "They're ginkgo fruits.  Some people eat them and, yes, they really smell like that.", I respond.  The next question is usually, "They smell awful! Why don't you take down the tree?" This question always strikes me as impertinent. Do they think the thought hasn't occurred to me? Each year I prod its branches with long poles to dislodge the fruits.  Because it is very tall, I have to stand ...

Remember my post about using footies and kaolin clay to prevent insect damage?   Well, it's late August and for the first time since I planted my apple tree 15 years ago, I've got an entire tree full of beautiful apples.  About six apples have fallen over the season, most of them had obvious damage from codling moths.  Those are pretty good odds given that I have about 100 apples on the tree right now. You can barely see the nylon footies.  They've stretched with the growth of the apples. The Liberty tree in full glory and groaning with the weight of apples. The keys to success were: Begin applying Kaolin clay immediately at 80% petal fall. Keep applying the clay as it wears off with wind or rain until the apples are the size of nickels. Once the apples have reached the appropriate size, thin them to one per bunch and then apply the footies. It's labor intensive but it is organic and it produces beautiful apples.

For many years I've been frustrated by the near complete loss of my apple crop to plum curculios, codling moths and apple maggot.  If you're not familiar with these insects pests  download this excellent PDF from the Wisconsin extension.   It is free to download and you can purchase a hard copy as well. Between the three of these little devils, I was getting only enough apples for a few pints of applesauce.  I tried putting nylon stockings over the developing tiny fruit.  However, the plum curculios damage the fruit before it is large enough to be able to use this technique. This year I finally got smart and I began spraying my apples since petal fall with Surround, a finely ground clay that irritates the insects and prevents them from feeding or injecting their eggs into the fruit.   Here's a good article about using Surround kaolin clay.   (It's probably obvious but "petal fall" is when most of the petals have fallen off the blossoms.)  Don't sp...

Check out this great article about building a trellis out of electrical conduit.  If you replaced the string net with wire, this would be a great way to build support for the smaller fruits.   I'm not sure it would be sturdy enough to hold up an apple or pear laden with fruit but it would work wonderfully with currants, gooseberries, or even raspberries. Urban gardening from a country perspective: Do it yourself (and easy!) garden trellis