My strange remuddled house

[baymule]

How big of a lot is your house on?

 

[Just-Moxie]

We have 1 acre-Baymule. It is populated with quite a few buildings.

 

[Nyboy]

Where I grew up 1 acre was a farm, city lot about size of postage stamp.

 

[baymule]

We have 1 acre-Baymule. It is populated with quite a few buildings.

That sounds great, got any fruit or nut trees? If not, then you have room to grow them!

 

[Just-Moxie]

Where I grew up 1 acre was a farm, city lot about size of postage stamp.

Same here. The yards weren't barely big enough to put a lawnmower in. The front was divided by the sidewalk with the 2 strips of concrete to the side for the driveway. The actual back yard was bigger....but a swing set in it would shrink it considerably.

 

[Just-Moxie]

That sounds great, got any fruit or nut trees? If not, then you have room to grow them!

I planted 10 of those Arbor Day trees back in 2012. Only 1 survived. Our ground on the acre has several different eco-environments. Some things we plant...die. Many things we plant...die.
I have managed to get strawberries to grow out in front of the house though.
As we see it.....this whole places is just one big experiment. So far...we have much success in...

chickens/eggs
tomatoes
strawberries
sweet potatoes
okra
corn
sun flowers
compost
green beans
turnips
herbs (although I managed to kill 4 comfrey plants)
cabbage
green peppers
summer squashes
roses (only in certain places)


Stuff we cannot seem to grow;

white potatoes
trees (new plantings)
broccoli
rhubarb
carrots
peas
lettuce
onion

 

[Just-Moxie]

Our native plants and trees consist of;

Sweet gum
hickory
cedar
mulberry
red bud and dog wood


poison ivy
privet (I think)
honeysuckle -wild
lots of thorny vines

One can barely walk in the undergrowth when I venture out back to round up chickens on the neighbors property.


We have a heavy red clay soil too.

 

[Just-Moxie]

Where we live;
Saluda County SC

Founded1896
Named forSaluda River
SeatSaluda
Largest citySaluda
Area
• Total462 sq mi (1,197 km2)
• Land452 sq mi (1,171 km2)
• Water9 sq mi (23 km2), 2.01%
Population
• (2010)19,875
• Density44/sq mi (17/km²)
Congressional district3rd
Time zoneEastern: UTC-5/-4


The median income for a household in the county was $35,774, and the median income for a family was $41,603. Males had a median income of $29,221 versus $21,395 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,328. About 12.00% of families and 15.60% of the population were below the poverty line.

Per wiki

Building permits issued-per 2012= 31
Per United States Census Bureau

We live in one of the poorest counties in SC.

 

[Nyboy]

I have read that Arbor Day trees are not good trees. Most people have one out of several live.

 

[digitS']

Filbert?

Yesterday was Filbert Day, according to the French Revolutionary calendar. Where did they come up with that thing, made from the whole cloth, evidently? (Unlike more sensible names for days.)

We use the words interchangeably, filbert and hazelnut. Hazelnuts are probably what most would prefer. Only these nut trees do well here altho walnuts can provide dense, sticky shade and food for the squirrels ...

Hazelnuts are very small trees and suitable for yards. I don't know why they aren't more commonly grown.

digitSteve is a crotchety old fellow and not to be depended on. ~ Louisa May Alcott