@@TheHolmsteadWithJesseHolm I have family in Stittsville. *grins* I'm up in the Gatineau Hills of Quebec due north of the city. More of a challenge than the fertile valley that Ottawa is!! lol Cheers!
@@pixelrancher it's a great place, I helped build a lot of homes in every direction around Ottawa! I still miss it, the hockey games were cheaper too! There was nothing like watching the leafs play in Ottawa, so much fun!
Dmitriy, thank you for saying that, I truly appreciate hearing things like that! It is a lot of fun working with things your enjoy! I hope that these videos can help some people learn about new species they are unaware of and avoid some of the mistakes I make. Have a great day!
Issai is only considered reliable to zone 6, btw. He planted the Siberian species (A. kolomikta). Unfortunately, there are no perfect-flowered cultivars known for that species yet.
Why did you choose apples available at the grocery store, especially Red Delicious, which is about as palatable as cardboard? As far as I know, neither cultivar is known for disease resistance. I would top-work them to other varieties.
These were the first plants that we purchased on a whim after buying our property, they are my wife's and children's favourites. I am not sure if you have ever had these varieties fresh from a tree, but they are quite good when picked at their peak readiness, Red Delicious being especially sweet, crunchy and practically exploding with huge amounts of juice. They are also easy to reproduce from seed and tolerant to our climate. Macintosh apples also store remarkably well. They also remind me of my childhood in Ontario, where these were the most common varieties consumed where I was raised. I will also say that I have never tasted an apple that I didn't enjoy, if it was harvested at the appropriate time and I found it in my hand within a week, or so of being picked. All of that being said, I prefer the honey crisp and pink lady varieties from more common stock that is "grocery store" available throughout the year. Also, we planted both Liberty and Freedom whips this year to diversify a little and as a nod to the past. As for disease, we have had no concerns, other than insects and the neighbourhood deer heard that I am convinced we single handedly support. Perhaps one day we will play with grafting, but four acres is an abundant amount of room to plant copious amounts of edible species and we are not out of room yet, lol. Thank you for supporting the channel and for engaging with me, I could always use new ideas on how to increase our yield. All my best.
Thanks for sharing. I'm working a small property in zone 1 and have some of the plants you've shown. Of course mine do not grow as aggressively given the cold. One day I hope to find my self in a similarly warm part of Canada. Check out my "All you need to know about Haskap" viddo.
Located in Simcoe County, southern Georgian Bay region. I have used Wiffletree Nursery for most of my purchases over the last two years. They can be difficult to deal with at times and often run out of products before you can even plant in zone 5, but their selection is great.
