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Moving to Texas... finally
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Posted by carlos_asut 10b PR (My Page) on Thu, Jan 28, 10 at 20:13
Hopefully we'll be moving to Austin sometime this year. I am going over there this February to make some restoration to my new (old) house.
I want to take advantage of this trip to plant some fruit trees as well as some berries.
It seems that my navegation skills in Internet are gone because I CAN NOT find any place in Austin that says: "Look I have the tree you are looking for..."
Any suggestion will be greatly appreciated. |
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RE: Moving to Texas... finally
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| One place to call Natural Gardener in Oak hill south of Austin it at least will be a starting point for you. www.naturalgardeneraustin.com phone 512-288-6113. Hope this helps abit. Welcome to the Austin Area. :o) Deanna |
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| Make sure that you have the dirt for fruit trees. There are many different areas dirtwise in Austin. You said OLD house. Is this a Central Austin neighborhood. Most of them are in the blackland prairies area and are good for fruit trees. If you are west of town, it could be a bit chancier. The Natural Gardener had a great fruit tree display a week ago when I went through there. Good luck and enjoy the plant shopping. We have a derth of good nurseries in the Austin area. |
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| LUCKY! this is so off topic...but be sure to go hike at Remiers Ranch. It is near Hamilton Pool. |
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| Welcome to Austin. Can you dig a hole about 18 inches deep and tell us what it is like? Natural Gardener is a great place. I wish I had one like that close to me that had every thing. |
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| Welcome back to TEXAS!! when you come this february can you bring with you some chirimoya seeds?Mamey-zapote my mom use to call mamey one tree and the zapote she said was a different tree, anyway if you happen to come across some of this seeds will you bring some with you? Let me know I am only an hr. away from Austin. Thanks Marcie. |
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| Reimers is just down the road, a couple miles from me. I go there ALL the time. |
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| O.K that does it, we must get together one of this days I come to Austin quite often,So maybe one of this days we end up meeting,by the way this is for Wantonamara. And later this month we could meet Carlos, that is if he agrees to meet.Anyone else in Austin? we could make plans and meet at Zilker Park or anywhere, so lets be brave and make plans of course it would be nice if its on a pretty day. Any takers? Marcie. |
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Thank you all guys for your advice, I sure need it.
After so many years of living in the tropics, it is going to be hard to change to four seasons climate. I will need a lot of help and a lot of friends.
This time I’m going to stay only for a week and hope we’ll move over there soon.
Marcie: It seems that mamey is out of season; I can not find it in the market but I know it is grown locally. If not this time, next for sure (I hope.)
Chirimoya is not grown here (too humid: we only have two seasons: the rainy season and the wet one), but sometimes I can find it at the supermarket. See you |
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- Posted by wilo Central Texas - 8 (My Page) on
Fri, Feb 5, 10 at 13:16
| snort. . . four seasons? here in Austin? |
RE: Moving to Texas... finally
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| Sure there are four seasons.. 1)January
2)Getting real hot soon
3)Real Hot
4)Not as hot |
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| Carlos, we joke a lot about the four seasons thing. I've always heard it like this: "Texas has two seasons; February and summer." This year February came in January. So welcome to Texas! Actually we get some really nice weather in spring and fall. And some winters are not winter like at all. For instance, I've water skied during every month of the year, including Dec., Jan., and Feb.. |
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| Rock oak deer, 2,3 and 4 work for me ......... can do without 1. |
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| We definitely get nice weather fall and spring, but you can't count on it lasting. We planted new landscape plants last March and had to cover them a couple weeks later to keep them from getting too hot before they were established. The ones we planted this fall may not have had time to get established before the real cold hit. Just hasn't been the best year to get a new landscape going. At least the drought is over and the really cold weather should be gone soon. Looks like a better year ahead for your new landscape, Carlos. Welcome to Texas and keep us posted. |
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| Thanks guys: the advices are always helpful. Four seasons for me means not only temperature but garden/farm activities you can do. In my zone I can be planting, weeding, fertilizing, harvesting, turning the compost pile, and so on in any day of the year.
Now, let me guess. In the four Texas’ season you can: January: Wait, wait, wait, drink hot chocolate, prepare raised beds. Getting real hot soon: plant, thin, fertilize, drink lemonade. Real hot: Keep yourself in the shade, harvest a little, drink beer. Not as hot: Harvest, prune, rack leaves, erect compost pile, drink wine. Any addition to the list of activities will be appreciated. |
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| LOL, Carlos. You have it down pretty good. During the Real Hot summer you may need to have shade cloth handy. We had a discussion on this last summer I think. You can use the same sheets/cardboard boxes to cover in the winter freeze. Pay attention to your water bill, sometimes there is a whopping upcharge if you water a lot in the summer. I live in San Antonio, but it's probably similar in Austin. Also these seasons don't go in a linear progression as in other parts of the country. We have had 100o in February and down to the 40's in mid April in the same year. |
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