How Much to Grow for a Family of Four

How many vegetable plants does your family need (for fresh eating)? Below is a list of vegetables and the number of plants required to provide a family of four with fresh vegetables. You would obviously want to grow more for “putting away,” or if your family is larger.       Aparagus – 40 Snap or green beans –... Read More »

Site Preparation

It’s official! We will begin shipping the Monday after Thanksgiving! Thanks to ideal weather conditions, we are looking good to ship out fruit trees the Monday after Thanksgiving! Since your fruit trees are coming to you soon, we thought we would share a few tips with you on preparing your planting site. Depending on the quantity of fruit trees... Read More »

Great year!

Thanks to everyone for a great year with the fruit trees! We still have a handful of containerized trees for local delivery. We have quite a few mayhaw trees in containers. We will be here with the fruit trees next year! Bookmark our site , and feel free to call us with your order! We should be ready December... Read More »

Pecan Trees

Its been awhile since we updated here! Here is some info on the pecan trees that are now listed on the site: Pollination: Papershell pecan trees are divided into two basic groups: protandrous and protogynous. Protandrous refers to the fact that male catkins release their pollen prior to the female flowers on that same tree maturing. Protogynous mean just... Read More »

Asian Pears

Interesting Asian Pears Asian pears are sometimes called “apple-pears” because of their similarity in shape and color with that fair fruit. I noticed the other day that our local large chain box store was selling Asian pears in the produce section for $1.59 apiece! Here at Legg Creek Farm we are pleased to offer several varieties of Asian pears.... Read More »

End of fruit tree shipping...

Happy Spring!  We have had unusually warm weather during the latter part of winter.  These warmer temperatures mean we have had to wrap up shipping bareroot fruit trees earlier than usual.  So we are done shipping bareroot fruit trees until November – December 2012! But….we still have some great blueberry plants that we can ship, along with many fruit... Read More »

Asian Pear Recipes

Asian Pear Recipes Asian Pear Cake Ingredients: * Fruit Mixture: * 3 cups diced Asian pears * 1 cup chopped pecans * 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon * 1/3 cup granulated sugar Cake: * 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour * 3/4 cup whole wheat flour * 1 cup brown sugar, packed * 1/2 cup granulated sugar * 2 teaspoons ground... Read More »

New website coming

Happy new year folks! We have been busy shipping fruit trees to all corners of the US! We wanted to let you know that we will be releasing a new website (at the same URL: http://www.leggcreekfarm.com) soon! It will be more user-friendly, allowing us to serve you better! We also have some new products that will be announced in... Read More »

New Book!

I normally don’t post books on this blog, but I found a book that I highly recommend for southern apple growers Check it out! How to Grow Apples in the Southern U.S. Thanks!   Read More »

How Much to Grow for a Family of Four

How many vegetable plants does your family need (for fresh eating)? Below is a list of vegetables and the number of plants required to provide a family of four with fresh vegetables. You would obviously want to grow more for “putting away,” or if your family is larger.       Aparagus – 40 Snap or green beans –... Read More »

Site Preparation

It’s official! We will begin shipping the Monday after Thanksgiving! Thanks to ideal weather conditions, we are looking good to ship out fruit trees the Monday after Thanksgiving! Since your fruit trees are coming to you soon, we thought we would share a few tips with you on preparing your planting site. Depending on the quantity of fruit trees... Read More »

Hot Summer!

Since it’s been well over a year since an update, I thought I would let the blogsphere know that we are as busy as ever! So busy, in fact, that we haven’t updated in a while. We will be posting stuff here every now and then…See you soon! -Trey Read More »

2010-2011 FRUIT TREES

Summer is hear in force, and we are already looking forward to the fall! Our blueberry plants are growing well, and we are looking forward to having our fruit trees ready! Be on the lookout for an email announcing our plant list and prices! We look forward to serving you again this upcoming season! Read More »

Great year!

Thanks to everyone for a great year with the fruit trees! We still have a handful of containerized trees for local delivery. We have quite a few mayhaw trees in containers. We will be here with the fruit trees next year! Bookmark our site , and feel free to call us with your order! We should be ready December... Read More »

Pecan Trees

Its been awhile since we updated here! Here is some info on the pecan trees that are now listed on the site: Pollination: Papershell pecan trees are divided into two basic groups: protandrous and protogynous. Protandrous refers to the fact that male catkins release their pollen prior to the female flowers on that same tree maturing. Protogynous mean just... Read More »

New website coming

Happy new year folks! We have been busy shipping fruit trees to all corners of the US! We wanted to let you know that we will be releasing a new website (at the same URL: http://www.leggcreekfarm.com) soon! It will be more user-friendly, allowing us to serve you better! We also have some new products that will be announced in... Read More »

End of fruit tree shipping...

Happy Spring!  We have had unusually warm weather during the latter part of winter.  These warmer temperatures mean we have had to wrap up shipping bareroot fruit trees earlier than usual.  So we are done shipping bareroot fruit trees until November – December 2012! But….we still have some great blueberry plants that we can ship, along with many fruit... Read More »

Spring Reading!

Spring is in full swing!  So, when we are not out working and watching fruit trees grow, we do the next best thing…reading about gardening!  For those of you who are interested, here are some great books we come across: Mini Farming: Self-Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre – Cool stuff about growing lots of food in a small space Living... Read More »

October Heat

Greetings to everyone! I hope everyone is doing well. We are looking forward to having a great selection of fruit trees this year. I thought we would be having an early winter, but we are now having temperatures in the mid 80’s, with high humidity. It has been a really wet Fall thus far, and I am betting that... Read More »

Wet fall!

We’ll the early to mid October heat has given way to cool weather and RAIN!  I feel like we are in Seattle or something…We have had primarily rain for the last 10 days, with an occasional glimpse at the sun.  This is really a pretty good deal for the trees – they should be robust and have quality roots... Read More »

Asian Pears

Interesting Asian Pears Asian pears are sometimes called “apple-pears” because of their similarity in shape and color with that fair fruit. I noticed the other day that our local large chain box store was selling Asian pears in the produce section for $1.59 apiece! Here at Legg Creek Farm we are pleased to offer several varieties of Asian pears.... Read More »

Asian Pear Recipes

Asian Pear Recipes Asian Pear Cake Ingredients: * Fruit Mixture: * 3 cups diced Asian pears * 1 cup chopped pecans * 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon * 1/3 cup granulated sugar Cake: * 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour * 3/4 cup whole wheat flour * 1 cup brown sugar, packed * 1/2 cup granulated sugar * 2 teaspoons ground... Read More »

Almond Trees!

I just wanted to let everyone know that I just added almond trees to the site. We have 3 varieties of almond, the best of which is the Texas Mission almond. The Texas Mission needs one of the other two varieties for pollination. Almonds are ideal for warm climates with mild winters and hot (miserable) summers. They thrive in... Read More »

Native/Wildlife Trees

As we prepare to ship our fruit trees, we wanted to let everyone know that we added some native trees that can be used for wildlife plots, or just to enhance an area with native trees. We have sold some of these trees locally, mainly to folks who either like to look at deer in their yard, or who... Read More »

Pecan Trees

Its been awhile since we updated here! Here is some info on the pecan trees that are now listed on the site: Pollination: Papershell pecan trees are divided into two basic groups: protandrous and protogynous. Protandrous refers to the fact that male catkins release their pollen prior to the female flowers on that same tree maturing. Protogynous mean just... Read More »