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May 4, 2006
Downtown Tomatoes Revitalization Project
Who knows how long the fruit has been hanging on the nagami-type kumquat tree growing by the back gate? I stripped the tree. Cut out the dead wood. Gave it a lollypop-style cut -- trimmed back to a more-or-less rounded shape. Cut off the protruding remnants of earlier tree surgeries. Whacked out the below-graft shoots. Washed off the dust & bugs. Pounded in three Miracle Gro "Fruit & Citrus" fertilizer spikes at the drip line. And listened to the tree sigh, "ahhh!..."
Posted by Sue at May 4, 2006 9:02 PM