New Things For 2010

So, we are considering a number of new crops, but our big push this year is going to be miniature fruit trees, one item only recently available (at least to my knowledge), as well as new veggies. The veggies will wait until another post. First, the one I have been waiting for:

Haskap. Honeyberry. The edible berry of certain varieties of Honeysuckle. Pioneered by the University of Saskatchewan. Tasty, productive, cold tolerant. and the variety we are looking at gets eight feet high. It took a little convincing for the wife. But when I found a variety that grows 8 feet in height so it could also screen some utility boxes, we had a winner!

We also have three trees to replace:

Bing Cherry - Killed by rabbits ringing it. Evil Rabbits.

Tartarian Cherry - Killed by scale. And rabbits. Evil Rabbits.

Winesap Apple - Killed by rabbits. Evil, Evil Rabbits.

We have three trees we want grow in pots. This is because they are not cold hardy. By our Chicago definitions, they are not even cool hardy. We really want to grow these things.

Meyer Lemons - Sweet. Tasty. Awesome.

Kaffir Lime - Mainstay of Thai cuisine. Tasty!

Dwarf Pomegranate - I can only hope they taste as good as the full size.

This is going to be a GREAT year.