Let's talk a bit about what has happened with my garden over the years and take stock of what I currently have growing. Note that this year I plan to have a larger garden than normal. I will focus on trying to grow plants that I've failed to grow in the past. I will also focus on new things such as propagating mushrooms (to say the least.)

This last summer (summer of 2013) my roommates flattened my garden while I slept. The reasons for this are still unclear, but in the end, I am the only one who suffered a loss. I went outside to find that my grapevine that's over 20 years old had been cut to a nub. The entire yard was flattened, so they did do their job. I guess, over the years the dirt had washed up onto the cement. Not to mention that I deliberately tried to "create" a tiny hill, which I thought added a lot of character to the tiny backyard, but in reality, it didn't help with the flooding and run-off issues that we were having.

I also had the trees trimmed in a way, that made you feel as if you were entering a fantasy land, of sorts. The trees and leaves arched around you and you had to sort of duck into what may as well have been another world. And while it looked magical, there was nothing fancy on the other side. Just some sheds and storage. And it turns out that the trees had only been annoying people when the branches would smack them in the face, on occasion. So, there went my whimsical entryway into a magical, make-believe forest.

Yes, it is pretty bad that no one consulted me before flattening my garden. I lost nearly everything. Even my huge artichoke plants that came back every year were gone. They didn't leave one blade of grass, not one! My nectarine tree was cute down to a few stumps. In the end the only thing I got left with was some Aloe Vera plants (thank goodness because these are family heirlooms) and my two Granny Smith Apple Trees.

It looks as though we are going to have to go through the "re-birth" of my garden and this will take several posts, I'm sure.

* RainFern*

Granny Smith Apple Trees Pictures and Update

Baby Granny Smith Apple Tree Pictures

The sun was really shinning that day so the pictures were
fuzzier than I expected but here you can
actually see my little apple tree!

Here you can see both of the baby Granny Smith apple trees.

One of the apple trees had just been transplanted into the larger pot.

Since these pictures were taken I have transplanted the other apple tree into a larger pot as well.

I plan to transplant both of the baby trees into larger pots if I need to.

The idea here is this :

I'm moving out of this house and into a new house before the Summer of 2010 and I am going to have a much larger back yard to work with at my new house. When I move out, I'm going to raise chickens, plant gardens and even grow my own fruit trees. This includes Granny Smith Apple Trees. I can't afford a bunch of grafted granny smith apple trees at this time and I happen to have great luck sprouting Granny Smith apple seeds. So I will take what I can get (for now).

I'm curious what color apples I may get from these trees, if any. I'm sure that you are a bit curious too! They say that it's a bad idea to grow apple trees from seeds because you never know what your going to get. Well don't you think that somebody should show you the results of the tests that proved that apple trees grown from seed are undesirable?

I will perform that test! I will let you know exactly what the apples look like, how long it takes the trees to bear fruit, and I will even try to explain what the apples taste like. Don't forget about the pictures that I will be taking throughout the entire process.

For the Record :

In the Summer of 2010, my 2 baby apple trees will have lived through an entire (year-long) growing season. Which means that they are an entire year closer to bearing fruit! YAY!

I'm also going to continue to sprout Granny Smith Apple Seeds until I get a few more trees. At the moment I am attempting to germinate 6 more Granny Smith apple seeds that I bought on eBay. I will let you know how that turns out so Stay Tuned!


Later Alligator,

* SunnyStars *

Apple Trees

The hot Las Vegas sun has dried out two of my young Granny Smith Apple Trees. I moved the other two young apple trees into almost complete shade where they seem to be doing better.

I'm going to buy some more Granny Smith apples and plant some more seeds in the hopes of at least having a total of four granny smith apple trees.

I will keep you updated and next time I will have plenty of young apple tree pictures.

See you soon!

* SunnyStars *

Granny Smith

This morning I found another Granny Smith Apple Tree Sprout outside.

Here is what I did :

I put the seeds in a small pot with potting soil. I buried them less than an inch under the potting soil. I kept the soil moist and placed the pot in a semi-sunny location. So far two of the Granny Smith Apple seeds sprouted this way. It's too easy!

Now I have four baby Granny Smith Apple Trees! I have my own mini apple tree orchard!
=) - SunnyStars

Granny Smith Apples

Granny Smith Apple Seeds

I bought a few more bright green, Granny Smith apples from the store and I already ate two of them and although none of the seeds are fully sprouted yet and they don't have any roots coming out of them. The seeds seem to be opening up. The brown outer shell has peeled back which revealed the inner contents of the seed which is white.


I have a feeling that the seeds are in the early stages of sprouting so I am going to plant them immediately! I bet that at least two of these Granny Smith apple seeds will sprout! I can't wait to see their little, baby tree leaves!

Later alligator,

- SunnyStars

Granny Smith Apples

Granny Smith Apples
Baby Trees and Sprouts

I am so happy to report that I am still the rightful owner of two very small but beautiful Granny Smith Apple Trees. At this time they have 3 - 5 leaves and the stem or "baby tree trunk" is less than an inch tall. They are so cute to me, it must be because I know that they are Granny Smith Apple trees. Lol.

Today when I went outside to water them I noticed that another one of my apple seeds sprouted so that brings my total to 3 Granny Smith Apple Trees!

Now I need a lot of land to plant them on! For now I guess they will be fine if I just get them a larger pot.

Stay tuned, I'm trying to get you some pictures of the baby trees ASAP!

- SunnyStars

Granny Smith Apple Seeds

Granny Smith Apple Seeds and Sprouts

About a week ago, I bought 3 green Granny Smith Apples (Malus domestica) from a grocery store and brought them home. I put them in my fridge for about 2 days and then I cut one open to eat it.

Now this is perfect timing because I had just read about this happening the other day but I didn't think it would happen to me especially the very next time that I bought some granny smith apples! I'm very happy about this and I'm pleased to report that when I opened the first apple up I found an apple seed inside that had already sprouted!

The next day I opened the second apple looking for sprouts. There weren't any sprouts so I carefully removed the seeds. I will try to germinate these seeds as well. The next day I opened the last apple and low and behold I found another granny smith apple seed that had sprouted inside of the apple!

Both of my apple tree sprouts are healthy and I have already taken them outside and placed them in a semi shady location. I am going to keep the dirt moist and replant them when necessary.

I have heard that my apple trees might not turn out to grow granny smith apples and that the seeds might have gotten hybridized during pollination. Even if it takes 2 - 5 years for my apple trees to bare fruit, I am still going to grow these trees up and see what kind of fruit they grow.

And of course, I will take pictures and keep you updated! =)

See ya soon,

Sunny