tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post3439468560913609726..comments2024-03-29T01:38:00.306+00:00Comments on An English Homestead: Cocktail KiwiKev Alvitihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-47209384752294748412014-06-03T18:03:29.636+01:002014-06-03T18:03:29.636+01:00I tried a couple of Kiwis in my last polytunnel., ...I tried a couple of Kiwis in my last polytunnel., they were either both boys, both girls or just plain stubborn, they lived with me for a couple of years and then died leaf by leaf. So I'm not the person to ask for advice about Kiwi plants.<br /><br />Good luck with yours. <br /><br />I love your old corrugated shed, I'm another one who romanticises falling down and derelict farm things and buildings. Lovely Hubby has thrown the most divine old kettle he dug up recently onto his scrap metal heap that I simply must go and rescue and pop a plant into :-)Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04177854521955532744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-78717353013017585172014-06-02T21:05:07.002+01:002014-06-02T21:05:07.002+01:00Have added this to my want list.
My parents have ...Have added this to my want list.<br /><br />My parents have a passion fruit. it does actually fruit. they live in Devon. With the snow we have had here in the past few years I think it would die hereSolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10518631542782309728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-60963458418666108572014-06-02T18:16:49.898+01:002014-06-02T18:16:49.898+01:00Well, his has a ton of little fruits every year - ...Well, his has a ton of little fruits every year - buckets of them. He doesn't remember the variety, so can't help you out there. Good luck with yours. Kiwis are delicious!Krishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17822528453563683772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-22937636329306052852014-06-02T12:54:35.733+01:002014-06-02T12:54:35.733+01:00I won't mention this comment to Dad, Kev, he w...I won't mention this comment to Dad, Kev, he will be deeply hurt. We may have the fence posts, the bricks (although most have been used for my gardening builds this last fortnight) and old Landrovers etc., but not any rusty galvanised sheds anymore. We have huge posh green ones now and I think the farm looks very smart. Love MumJulie Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14881873360466859550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-14114467682970914042014-06-02T08:13:47.277+01:002014-06-02T08:13:47.277+01:00It's gotta go at some point. It's the wron...It's gotta go at some point. It's the wrong shape and size, leaks everywhere, has no timbers supporting it and I'd really like to have a garage there at some point to park the cars in. It just rough when you drive up to our house!Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-71791933060034064572014-06-02T08:12:31.134+01:002014-06-02T08:12:31.134+01:00I'm going to take some cuttings from my mums a...I'm going to take some cuttings from my mums and see if I can get that one growing as well, we all love kiwis in this house!Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-52427727562613501002014-06-02T08:11:27.902+01:002014-06-02T08:11:27.902+01:00Sounds like you've got something eating them! ...Sounds like you've got something eating them! Mind you, you guys seem to have lots of critters to fight against!Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-9120125751135081032014-06-02T08:10:34.847+01:002014-06-02T08:10:34.847+01:00It's what I do all the time. I think, "th...It's what I do all the time. I think, "that's going to go there eventually" and then don't do anything to that area, whereas really I could use that space for a good few years to be productive.Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-21074976632697679962014-06-02T08:08:52.451+01:002014-06-02T08:08:52.451+01:00Cool building! It's not even six foot tall, le...Cool building! It's not even six foot tall, leaks everywhere, only has supports at the corners - I'm not even sure how it stays up! I did think about training one along a fence but this is one of the warmest spots so I thought it might be a good place to grow something, all my fences are in an area that gets more frost.Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-42751662222164717672014-06-02T08:06:31.594+01:002014-06-02T08:06:31.594+01:00It does - I think he must have driven past my dads...It does - I think he must have driven past my dads farm at some point!Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-18404798771751600852014-06-02T08:05:41.713+01:002014-06-02T08:05:41.713+01:00My mums grows like mad each year but never has any...My mums grows like mad each year but never has any flowers or fruit! The leaves on this one seem completely different, probably not even a third of the size, so I'm not sure how it will grow. I just hope it has lots of fruit!Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-3170355125071833462014-06-01T22:41:57.962+01:002014-06-01T22:41:57.962+01:00I like your shed , Kev- don't ever pull it dow...I like your shed , Kev- don't ever pull it down. Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09958193502828236814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-42279940292366249692014-06-01T19:16:56.015+01:002014-06-01T19:16:56.015+01:00I have grown Kiwis for several years, although not...I have grown Kiwis for several years, although not the one you have, I have taken a cutting each time I have moved, it is just flowering now, I cut it back each year not too much of a method just cut back the bits that are growing wayward, we have had fruit although they dont grow tothe size of the ones in the shops but still taste the same. I took a cutting last Autumn that is now in full leaf ready to move with us againDawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05213759909336433460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-3117982163076766322014-06-01T15:43:46.499+01:002014-06-01T15:43:46.499+01:00The only fruit trees I have are two pear trees I p...The only fruit trees I have are two pear trees I panted myself. It took a few years before they started bearing fruit, but I have yet to try one. Seems we start out with 2 dozen buds on each tree. By mid season we are down to a dozen mangled looking pears, and by the time the are ripe they all seem to mysteriously disappear from the tree over night. Some critter might be climbing the trees and eating them at night.Mike Silviushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10406468736304441962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-57399765121536589272014-06-01T13:21:33.612+01:002014-06-01T13:21:33.612+01:00Kiwi are something I too would like to get going. ...Kiwi are something I too would like to get going. I tend think down the road myself. Sometimes to far and not live in the day I am in :O). One does have to plan but its easy to get to far ahead of oneself :O).Texanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14560812716080117867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-64433332170910338222014-06-01T13:05:54.191+01:002014-06-01T13:05:54.191+01:00I have never seen any here but if the fruits were ...I have never seen any here but if the fruits were good, it would be nice to have something that grows good. I would put it out on a fence to form a hedge as I don't have any cool buildings like yours.Sunnybrook Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135224259672444423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-2149427410923001832014-06-01T13:01:18.648+01:002014-06-01T13:01:18.648+01:00I really like corrugated iron sheds, Kev. The rus...I really like corrugated iron sheds, Kev. The rust leaves a wonderful patination and you can never enough sheds on a smallholding. They remind me of this passage from Bill Bryson, Notes From A Small Island: <br /><br />"Now and then we passed through winding valleys speckled with farms that looked romantic and pretty from a distance, but bleak and comfortless up close. Mostly they were smallholdings with lots of rusted tin everywhere -tin sheds, tin hen huts, tin fences-looking rickety and weather battered. We were entering one of those weird zones, always a sign of remoteness from the known world, where nothing is ever thrown away. Every farmyard was cluttered with piles of cast-offs, as if the owner thought that one day he might need 132 half-rotted fence-posts, a ton of broken bricks and the shell of a 1964 Ford Zodiac."<br /><br />Doesn't that sound like the perfect smallholding?northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-14929062033442068622014-06-01T11:27:12.340+01:002014-06-01T11:27:12.340+01:00My neighbor has one. He planted it years ago agai...My neighbor has one. He planted it years ago against the side of his brick house. Since then it's pulled down 2 downspouts and a gutter, climbed up over the roof and must be viscously cut back every year. The roots are pervasive so it will be there forever. Hope yours is better behaved. Krishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17822528453563683772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-52405081979791025422014-06-01T10:38:28.844+01:002014-06-01T10:38:28.844+01:00This one is self fertile so I shouldn't need a...This one is self fertile so I shouldn't need another. Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-87415312477353392372014-06-01T10:01:48.135+01:002014-06-01T10:01:48.135+01:00The only thing I've heard about Kiwis is that ...The only thing I've heard about Kiwis is that one needs both a male and a female plant. Do you have both?Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.com