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8 avocados 20$ plus postage

Postage in CA is 12$

Not sure the cost for out of state postage but I will get a quote for you.

Firat shipment will go out in 9 days from today.  Tuesday the 17th.

Send PM on this site to order.  Thank you!

Too hot for me to graft this late without protection bags.  (Extra work).  Not a problem where you guys are.  Its 83 at my house today.  It feels hot already.  Going to get over 90 tomorrow. 

You will want to stake the grafts once they start growing.  And keep just one bud per graft and keep it staked until it hardens off in fall or winter.  The sharwil will grow rapidly and it tends to flop and break in the first summer after grafting if you don't stake it.  Also keep the flagging tape on there for 6 months.  Just keep loosening the graft and retie looser each time.  Remove the buddy tape entirely after the grafts are a for certain take. 

Lychee is in full bloom here and longan is starting to make flowers.  It seems like the longan tree needs to be around 8ft tall and wide or more to fruit well.  Not sure how big yours is but they take 8 years or so before they make big crops.

Been eating this seasons sharwils already.  Just 8 or 9 months on the tree.  Amazing fruits with a long season and superior flavor.  Even this early they are excellent

I did confirm with the owner that I can go there on Wednesday to take all the cuttings I need.

So, if you want fresh cuttings, send me a message here by Wednesday and I can start shipping out on Thursday.

Enough wise cracks Brad, this is important to the owner. Since you have so much land, would you be interested in this historic tree?

Sure, you can plant it here but I have no interest in paying to dig up such a large tree or transporting or transplanting it.  If they want to take care of everything, I have a place you can plant it. 

Reed comes to mind.  Also sir prize.  Several days and theynstill look ok. 

The most expensive real estate in the country. (Ok, I guess that's Santa Barbara County, SFBay area, and NYC.)  Close to a million?  I see trailers ("manufactured homes") for sale in Camarillo for $400K!

It looked lime it atill has the original 19070s avocado green counter tops. 

The building codes allowed for the buildings to be built close together.  But the home owners let the vegetation go wild.  I looked at the before photos and almost every house was way overgrown.

The few houses that didn't burn almost all had their vegetation in check.

I'm not trying to pin blame on anyone, I am just saying it is in your own interests to keep a neat yard regardless of what the government is telling you to do.  5ft clearance is like a bare minimum requirement that a smart person should do anyway. 

I am not a fan of more laws and big government.  But to say this will achieve the opposite of the desired effect I disagree with.  Should the government be forcing this, or should insurance companies be?  It's debatable...

Here is the idea.  If you have vegetation up against your house, or junk, firewood, flammable outdoor furniture etc, and embers land on it, it will ignite and then catch your house on fire.

So the state is asking you to clear everything away from your house for 5ft.  Which is not very much clearance IMO.  It will help a little bit to mitigate fires.  Of course this will be a lot of potential costs to remove trees etc from near people's houses and is a potential huge financial burden on some households.  The alternative is your insurance doubles every time there's a big fire and the whole city burns down.  I'm pretty sure there's a saying about an ounce of prevention being worth a pound of cure or something like that.

I live outside the city in an extreme fire risk area and already lost insurance.  I have no insurance on my house now.  So of course I have my vegetation cut back 100ft+ from the house.  And I installed sprinklers on the roof.  And I sealed any entry points like attic vents with small mesh screen.  Not because the government is making me, because I don't want my house to burn down.

Instead of waiting for the fire to happen and taping your vents up, put small screen in it now while you are not in panic mode.  Clear the crap away from your house.  Clear the leaves out of your gutters.  It's not such a bad thing. 

Top 2 are dr white.  Bottom left is Dream, middle is pierce, right 2 are honeyhart

Thanks Brad, it all looks great!

Nice.  Be sure to check if it is soft often and as soon as it gives a little it is ready to enjoy.  It is best when it is just starting to get soft. 

Sweet tart is the best mango in my opinion.  It grows well enough and the fruit are amazing.