Harvesting Nectarines in an Organic Orchard: Who's picking at my fruit?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- What drastic measures must be taken to save some fruit! LOL Luke and I took a few minutes in the Daddykirbs Orchard to harvest the Nectarines before the birds and bugs took them all. This is a great year for Nectarines because we had a very mild Winter here. I hope you enjoy the harvest! Thank you for joining me on my journey.
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Bought some grocery store nectarines... Extremely beautiful, ripe looking. Sweet. Crunchy, like an apple. Very little flavor. Had the organic label. I'm sure they warehouse and ship well, though. Don't bruise easy and probably hold up well in the produce case.
Sad, but true. They harvest early so it ships well and "ripens" when it's ready to hit the shelves.
Haha great chicken perches you made in your trees. Love what you've done w/ your farm from nothing. Fantastic!
They do love their mid-day naps and snacks! LOL
Hi Luke
Your nectarine trees look great. With all your help you and your dad have a great farm. Thank you for sharing. I look forward to the next "Luke's garden update".
+AC DC The update is coming up next! :)
Hi Blake, l love nectarines.You are doing great with your fruit trees. The only way I could plant fruits and vegetables is to buy the seeds itself. I helped my boyfriend plant and it grew very nice. We planted avocado collard greens and cucumber.
Yay! sounds like you are having a good time growing food :)
Those "successes" create a mighty good feeling. I am trying to learn to propagate pollinator friendly shrubs and trees. It is a "journey"
+L.K. B Indeed it is a journey! ... and I love being on it :) Keep growing!
Lol! Bad chickens, bad, bad, bad chickens!
Pear butter...been ages since I've had some. My mil used to make it until she got too old. It would almost be worth a trip down there to get some....sigh..if only you lived closer, sigh.
+Chris Dahl I hope the pear butter turns out nice this year. Last year I accidentally added flax seed meal instead of organic sugar! Oops... oh well, I used the pressure canner to can it up and it still tastes fine. The texture is just a bit different.
Luke is Back:') Awesome...Fruit is looking good...
Still a great looking harvest mate.
Those click beetles are 4 times as large as the tiny ones we get :D
Cheers.
+Rob Bob's Backyard Farming This is the first year I've seen those large click beetles! Weird little critters. Do they eat your fruit too?
Good job picking luke!!
Hi Luke. . .those nectarines really look delish! I thought you were going to give us a taste like the mulberries. Can't wait to see more. By the way, how is your garden coming along, can't wait to see. Enjoy your day see ya back here real soon! Thank you for sharing today!
+miz sterious The next video is Luke's garden update :)
A lot of delicious looking Nectarines. That's some great eating. Thanks for the video Blake. Take care.
+Larry342516 They are very juicy and delicious :)
Good harvest! Congratulations Mr.Kirby!
+Catalin Oancea thank you sir!
Nice harvest, they look delicious!
+james prigioni Thank you! Yes, they are wonderful. Nothing beats growing your own :)
I wonder if you can try using garlic to repelled those beetles. They used organic garlic as a pesticide in England palace garden. Blending it in water and soak the trees with it. I thought u have problem with small birds. I was going suggest net ting the trees. Were going try it on cherries tree. That's a big harvest you got.
+yack f zay I've wondered about some kind of a garlic or pepper mix. I'll look into it more :)
Nice video. My nectarines are just starting to turn color here in CA. One of the best fruits imo. Good luck with shaping that apple tree.
+Joseph Lynn I know! That Apple tree is just odd. I'll figure it out.
"So when the flowers set, and the fruit set, we were set" LOL.
+Peter Wright all set!
I had never seen a click bug before, interesting and big!
+Mary Ann North Wind Acres Mann Scared me! LOL
I have a peach tree in my yard and know what you mean about the late frosts. The last few years have had late frost that killed off the flowers and had no peaches, but this year I had peaches coming out of my ears! I had all the neighbors taking what they could, I've taken basket after basket. There are still plenty for the birds, bugs, and such.
I need to pick up the peaches that have fallen to the ground though. My tree is too close to the house to have rotting fruit there. I'll take them back to the back of the yard to compost. :-)
+Random Considerations It's so good to have that abundance! Do you have chickens to toss the bad ones too?
I don't have any chickens or any other farm animals for that matter. We have quite a variety of birds in our neighborhood though, so I don't mind if they have their fill. And the neighborhood is having their fill, as are I and the honey. They are super juicy and sweet. :-)
I'd thought about canning the peaches, but I didn't garden this year because I knew I'd have to many other things going on this year to properly care for the garden.
Random Considerations I understand busy!
Consider yourself lucky! Last year the squirrels stole ALL the peaches and pears we had off of 4 trees. To taunt me they took it up into the big sycamore tree and ate them,dropping the pits around the tree. Come spring rains,50+ peach pits sprouted all around the sycamore. This was nice except i had 50 or so trees growing in the wrong place and i had to dig them up and nurse them till now. I got no fruit,but did get trees to plant. I really wanted to eat those peaches! Moral of the story-you at least got to eat some :) those nectarines you have look good!
+a4000t How many trees did you get to replant? I would find that part exciting! ... but yes, I agree it's frustrating when the fruit all goes away.
I ended up with 40 that survived i think, i have yet to get them all planted out. some are still in juice containers.. should be interesting to see what kind of peaches the tree's make.
a4000t I agree. Fun experiment.
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WoW guys, those are beautiful awesome looking nectarines! So many so early, you must be pretty far down south here in Texas not to be affected by the Texas winters cuz here in Dallas, the fruit wouldn't be present so early if any. Your harvest looks awesome. How many nectarine trees do you have? Very nice!!! I was hoping you were gunna take a bite out of one. . .Let us know how they taste. . .sweet, juicy, tart . . If you guys make jam, or jelly or even a yummy farm fresh smoothie bring us along. . . Great looking harvest!
AHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhh-Ha-ha-ha-ha! When you pushed on that beetle it popped, clicked and you jumped. . ha-ha-ha-ha, I jumped with you! I've never seen one of those beetles. Strange lil characters there. . . Again thank you and your family for sharing.
BTW. . This is just AWESOMENESS +++++!!! "#growreallife
is my hashtag to connect people interested in Growing Real Life. This
is a bit of a double meaning. Growing Real means following the patterns
of nature. Real Life is developed fully in our gardens and our souls
when we pattern ourselves in harmony with nature. Grow with me." GREAT!!!!!!! Very Profound, it definitely moved me . .Harmony with Nature. . sigh! Thank you for that!!
+miz sterious #growreallife #growwithme :) Thank you! We are just outside SATX. We cut most of those nectarines and bagged them up for the freezer for now. I got a pound or two that we ate fresh, 8 quart bags for the freezer and still another couple pounds that are sitting out waiting to get a bit softer.
+Blake “Daddykirbs” Kirby That's Absolutely Awesome! Really a great harvest! Thanks!
+miz sterious SCHOOPER!!! Can't wait to seethose beans!
Do you top your pear tree to keep it low? I looked online and most "experts" say topping will kill trees?
I don't "top" but I do prune heavily. No killed trees yet :)
Hello friend can it's grow from seed? how many years later giving fruit?
I know it's not fun that your chickens are eating your family's and your food but it's kind of cute that they perch and peck at the nectarines in their own little chicken world.
+Amina & Her Garden Yeah, I don't get to upset with them. They are just being chickens :)
My name is orchard haha 😂
this kid is like forget this
where are you located?
Near San Antonio Texas.
look like peaches to me
If you can send me your email so I can send you a picture of my tree I don't know if it's a nectarine tree or what but the fruit grow and they make it to about the size of a golf ball and they don't get any bigger I'm in Pennsylvania is that my problem
Соседи,кто ещё может воровать..🙄🧐😃
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Didn't know that about chickens. Time for some fried chicken!
+Midwest Gardener I get Nectarine flavored eggs! LOL
Blake Kirby
Cool.....I want some of those.
Time to make some KFC!
stuff yo face luke! eat em all!
Have you considered a tulle netting over your trees since they are fairly low it shouldn't be to hard to cover them.
+thelmarrie I have considered some kind of netting but just haven't done it.
Love me some fresh fruit off the tree. Nice work Luke 👍🏻
I'm surprised you get any without some sort of barrier or net. The birds here eat any sort of fruit when they start to ripen.
+Brett Champagne We've been pretty fortunate so far. There is some loss but not total loss.
I'm in Minnesota, hard to grow a bunch of fruits tree
Another reason I don't have chickens. We do the same with fruit that has a small imperfection. No need to throw it away. Thanks Blake. I have not had good results with my orchard. Best wishes Bob.
+Bob Lt (BobMel's Gardening) I'll be working on ways to keep the chickens separated from my orchard for sure.
good video
Thank you :)
I had a peach tree that we had more fun watching all the animals come by to eating the fruit. My children were 5 and 8 and we would sit by the window for hours. They had a blast. Bobcats would sit in the shadows and jump on the mice and rats. The window was tinted so they couldn't see in. Oppusums and big cats would come by (mountain lions) and sit against the window clueless we were on the other side. Most of the cats were females with cubs. My kids now are fascinated by nature. We only had one tree.
❤❤😍 They look so lovely
Use the Force, Luke!
Darn those naughty chickens! and here I was all ready to blame the geese!
+Madeleine Baier The geese like it when they fall to the ground :) they wait under the tree for the chickens to drop a few.
+Blake “Daddykirbs” Kirby AHA!!!! I'm not surprised. can't trust 'em at all, such "Fowl" (pun intended) behavior!
Now that's a nice reminder of spring for a frozen norwegian lad!
Things are getting green here, but it's still far away from harvesting time ;)
+Øystein Holand Is it ever thawed out there? ;)
It has thawed, but it won't last long! :(
Øystein Holand Through June I hope ;)
Let's hope so! ;)
Good harvest, my nectarines are still green.
+Fringe Garden Channel Keep an eye on those chickens!
Really nice video and I have same problem with my own Chicken's 😁😁😁😁😊 and hi Luke from Kurdistan ✌