July 4, 2023 ~ My Marion Blackberry Bush Is Loaded Up!! Plus my Little Apricot Tree is Producing Fruit ~ The Splatts Garden

I took this video the morning on the 4th of July and I am now just getting around to posting it…

The year before last I chopped my Marion blackberry bush down to nothing. Last year was just a growing season for it and this year… well that’s a different story. This thing is so absolutely loaded down with berries it’s insane!! I probably should have added wires between my posts and made a trellis for them but that didn’t happen. I will make sure to do it for next year that’s for sure.

I’ve had this apricot tree since it was a sapling about 6 inches tall. I found it under a giant apricot tree at a customers house about 8 years ago. Since then it’s lived it’s life in a half wine barrel. Last year it tried to produce some apricots but they just fell off. So early in the spring I planted it in the yard. I guess that made the tree happy enough to produce a good amount of fruit. It probably has close to 50 apricots on it and it’s only 6 feet tall. Those poor little branches can barely hold the weight. LOL.

There isn’t much in the Splatts garden but hopefully next year we will get our butts in gear and grow some more fruits and veggies.