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Latch Orchard

Latch Orchard focuses on heirloom varieties of citrus and fruit trees that thrive in coastal AL

10/21/2026

Why yes, my sugarcane was blown over by hurricane, why do you ask? 😀😀😀🤣🤣

More Crooked than a dog's back leg. Gonna be a PITA to squeeze, but the juice is just as sweet.

Leaves ready to be burned in a few days like the old timers did.. feeds soil, and the same cane I planted a few years ago will come roght back up in spring!

Also made a little 60 gallon batch of citrus mix. Gotta up pot some 1 gallon to 3 gallon, and 3 gallon to 5, and a few go to 15gal... ill make another 100 gallons of it tomorrow.

Then made a little pico. All home-grown...with the exception of the cumin and the hint of lime tostitos...which should be illegal.

10/20/2026

Finally fall..or is it false fall? As always...things that surprse me happen this time of year.
Like watering in higg tunnel and finding a nearly ripe blood orange that was hidden...until it got big enough to sag a branch!
And these pumpkins from my friend David The Good ..I put 2...Just 2 tiny seeds he gave me into my compost pile. I now have a runaway train, with leaves the size of an oscillating fan! And it has a ton of pumpkins on it. Looking forward to seeing how they do before freeze.
And then random blooms on a newer tree..a sanbonkan lemon..in fall. Wild. And since its in high tunnel, ill get to eat some.
And my Trifiola...cool leaves and very hardy. Dunno if fruit will be any good but I can't resist an opportunity to grow something super cool like it. Leaves are single, befole, and trifole lobed.. like a welder came in, saw rootstock and said hold my budweiser while I fix these leaves...
Not to be outdone, I also needed to burn some hurricane debris..thats my story and im stickin to it...
Like flowers that randomly show up behind high tunnel...
Its really amazing how beautiful the world can be with just a little time, some care, and nourishment...
Something I think we forget in our lives...
Go out and smell those roses...and if you dont have any...plant one.

10/14/2026

First kumquat this year. Well, actually my 4th but this negami was delicious. Plus my potted apples are confused...again.

09/29/2026

Decisions decisions.
Like picking your favorite kid and hope you picked right.
Which gets the cut?

09/23/2026

He is very protective of his bananas.

09/22/2026

Cheery cherry Monday.

09/19/2026

What should I make with my free cotton bounty.😄

09/18/2026

Cherry guava getting real close. Now I gotta be on rabbit detail...

09/17/2026

Bought a little David the Good Croation fig from Randall K White. (Edited, which means I also have to make a new tag...😁😁)

It grew a little.😄

First impressions it is a stunning colored fig, and has a nice jammy flavor.

Every fig i have bought from him has been amazing! If you want something besides Celeste or Brown Turkey, he is your guy!

He is an hour or so away in Flomaton, and he now has a dedicated fig selling website.
With over a hundred varieties last I checked.

Also a nod to jasso for the angel trumpets. I bought rooted cuttings around 7 inches tall, in March. They're now over 9 and 11 feet tall respectively. Peach and yellow.

09/12/2026

Proof that I do indeed allow some orange dogs here.😃
Plus other Saturday shenanigans at Latch before I sit down in front of a TV for SEC football Saturday!

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