Fruit trees.

[Jake Smith]

You could get or make a fruit harvester.

Link

At first I didn't see the "link" you put up, "Don". The one for the pole, then I did. That will make harvesting fruit way easier, next year.

 

[Don Alaska]

That would be "overkill", buying a big tractor like that for a lemon tree; "not to mention" that I could never afford one
Don, this pole will work for pears and lemon trees. Thanks


@Jake Smith[/USER] When life hands you a lemon tree....... go get a ladder!



Right; I was on top of my 10 ft, standing and reaching as far out to get the lemon with my 4 ft snake grabber; it worked but I do know it is foolish of me, or careless, taking a chance of falling. The lemons were totally ripe and falling every so often and some would slit from fall. So I felt I had to get them off. Last year we had Heleen the storm with 140 mph winds so it had the tree limbs leaning down so that it was easier to get them off. We still have a gallon bag of those frozen in the freezer.
. But the pole you spoke of; you have a photo of that?

Here is the lemon tree last year after Heleen.

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The pole just goes on the basket, and you can make it as long as you need to if you can control it. Usually reaching above 15 feet from the ground is tough, but maybe you are stronger than I am. The tractor attachment was meant as a joke @Jake Smith. I think most of the commercial poles are around 12 feet, and add that to your height. You can stand on a ladder or in your tractor bucket if you trust @Marie Mallory to operate it. My wife is uneasy about it, but she does the bucket just fine. I don't have citrus obviously, but we have apples, and our friend has plums. The picker I posted the link to above goes to 13 feet. You can make them with 8 or 9 gauge wire and a welder, but they are not terribly expensive and will last your lifetime if they are cared for and kept out of the weather in the off-season.

 

[Kate Ellery]

I can a few jars of lemon juice if and when I’ve got plenty of lemons

 

[Jake Smith]

The pole just goes on the basket, and you can make it as long as you need to if you can control it. Usually reaching above 15 feet from the ground is tough, but maybe you are stronger than I am. The tractor attachment was meant as a joke @Jake Smith. I think most of the commercial poles are around 12 feet, and add that to your height. You can stand on a ladder or in your tractor bucket if you trust @Marie Mallory to operate it. My wife is uneasy about it, but she does the bucket just fine. I don't have citrus obviously, but we have apples, and our friend has plums. The picker I posted the link to above goes to 13 feet. You can make them with 8 or 9 gauge wire and a welder, but they are not terribly expensive and will last your lifetime if they are cared for and kept out of the weather in the off-season.

"Cool", I'll either get one, or make one next year, don't mind getting up the ladder some, but had to go to the top this year 10 ft., and reached out as far as I could with the snake grabber which is four ft. long, and that is dangerous as hell; "I know", won't be doing it again though. I was trying to be funny with the overkill joke too.

 

[Jake Smith]

I can a few jars of lemon juice if and when I’ve got plenty of lemons

I should probably do that, since we have so many, like I had said in an earlier post, we still have some from last year, in the freezer.

 

[Marie Mallory]

I can a few jars of lemon juice if and when I’ve got plenty of lemons

I didn't know you could can lemons, thanks Kate for the info.

 

[Kate Ellery]

I should go check the canned lemon juice is still OK it was canned over a year ago….and I used canning jars as well as old jam jars

 

[Kate Ellery]

That’s the only 2 jars I have left , I freeze as well ..I love a frozen ( lemon ) iceblock in a nice cool drink of water in summer

 

[Don Alaska]

My wife buys lemons and limes on clearance, juices them, freezes them in a silicon ice cube tray, then pops them out and stores them frozen in a zipped bag for use later as needed.

 

[Kate Ellery]

My wife buys lemons and limes on clearance, juices them, freezes them in a silicon ice cube tray, then pops them out and stores them frozen in a zipped bag for use later as needed.

Same here with the exception of using silicon ….i use a very old aluminium ice cube tray ….now days we are not supposed to use Aluminium…cause of dementia and we are nor supposed to silicone cause it causes cancer ….and on Apple news yesterday it’s saying they think drinking water MAY be causing Parkinson’s ..we just can’t win can we …

Hey why isn’t your dear wife a member here as well , @Don Alaska sounds like she has a mountain of knowledge she could share with us

 

[Don Alaska]

Same here with the exception of using silicon ….i use a very old aluminium ice cube tray ….now days we are not supposed to use Aluminium…cause of dementia and we are nor supposed to silicone cause it causes cancer ….and on Apple news yesterday it’s saying they think drinking water MAY be causing Parkinson’s ..we just can’t win can we …

Hey why isn’t your dear wife a member here as well , @Don Alaska sounds like she has a mountain of knowledge she could share with us

I have mentioned it to her, but she already has so many demands on her time that she doesn't need another. As far as what is unhealthy, everybody has things they worry about, and, while I believe in avoiding things that are easy to avoid, as you said @Kate Ellery drinking water and breathing air are hazardous. I personally thin aluminum is okay except for acidic foods, one of which is citrus juice. Housewives used to cook rhubarb in their aluminum pans to clean them...not a good thing. I just can't live in fear all the time. I think the stress caused by worry and fear is usually worse than the harm done by fears. Water should be neutral enough to be safe in aluminum ice cube trays, and the silicon is just the freezing container, not the storage. The plastic bags, however.... Of course all cans are lined with harmful plastic, and everything fried commercially is fried in the oils everyone fears, not to mention plastic syringes for injections, and plastic IV bags are especially bad since the fluids are stored for long periods in plastic then run directly into the bloodstream. I can come up with many more things to be worried about, but it just isn't worth it.

 

[Kate Ellery]

100% Agee @Don Alaska we would not sleep if we had to worry about all that stuff ….us oldies have things in our favour ….to protect us that’s eating clean healthy home prepared foods …

OMG my almost 60 year old son , who only got married when he was about 43 has 3 kids , 13, 12 and 10 his Phillipino wife never cooks she buys food in the way home from work ,


when they visited us for a early Christmas just over a month ago ….the kids refused to eat food I’d prepared which was muffin size quiche …and I’d bought freshly prepared while I waited , family size lasagne tray to cook myself ….for the second night …..

they sat at the table and sulked and said to me …it’s horrible WE ..WANT …A stir fry …or a Vegemite sandwich .( they didn’t even try the food )

Needless to say I can 100% guarantee they will never be invited to our home again for meals again ….

 

[Jake Smith]

LOL, I think you just need to be as careful as you can, and eat the fruit from the trees. Something is gonna get you, no matter what.

 

[Marie Mallory]

Same here with the exception of using silicon ….i use a very old aluminium ice cube tray ….now days we are not supposed to use Aluminium…cause of dementia and we are nor supposed to silicone cause it causes cancer ….and on Apple news yesterday it’s saying they think drinking water MAY be causing Parkinson’s ..we just can’t win can we …

Hey why isn’t your dear wife a member here as well , @Don Alaska sounds like she has a mountain of knowledge she could share with us

We use Pyrex glass containers for most frozen food. And steel ice trays, of course all steel is not the same. we do what we can.
We also use the plastic ice trays too sometimes.

 

[Marie Mallory]

I have mentioned it to her, but she already has so many demands on her time that she doesn't need another. As far as what is unhealthy, everybody has things they worry about, and, while I believe in avoiding things that are easy to avoid, as you said @Kate Ellery drinking water and breathing air are hazardous. I personally thin aluminum is okay except for acidic foods, one of which is citrus juice. Housewives used to cook rhubarb in their aluminum pans to clean them...not a good thing. I just can't live in fear all the time. I think the stress caused by worry and fear is usually worse than the harm done by fears. Water should be neutral enough to be safe in aluminum ice cube trays, and the silicon is just the freezing container, not the storage. The plastic bags, however.... Of course all cans are lined with harmful plastic, and everything fried commercially is fried in the oils everyone fears, not to mention plastic syringes for injections, and plastic IV bags are especially bad since the fluids are stored for long periods in plastic then run directly into the bloodstream. I can come up with many more things to be worried about, but it just isn't worth it.

I do understand your point, I do what I can but try not to go too far with careful
Remember the oldest living vet, he lived to be 112 and broke all the health rules, I think what is good for people is to have a social group like he did, his church and his front porch.,

 

[Marie Mallory]

I have mentioned it to her, but she already has so many demands on her time that she doesn't need another. As far as what is unhealthy, everybody has things they worry about, and, while I believe in avoiding things that are easy to avoid, as you said @Kate Ellery drinking water and breathing air are hazardous. I personally thin aluminum is okay except for acidic foods, one of which is citrus juice. Housewives used to cook rhubarb in their aluminum pans to clean them...not a good thing. I just can't live in fear all the time. I think the stress caused by worry and fear is usually worse than the harm done by fears. Water should be neutral enough to be safe in aluminum ice cube trays, and the silicon is just the freezing container, not the storage. The plastic bags, however.... Of course all cans are lined with harmful plastic, and everything fried commercially is fried in the oils everyone fears, not to mention plastic syringes for injections, and plastic IV bags are especially bad since the fluids are stored for long periods in plastic then run directly into the bloodstream. I can come up with many more things to be worried about, but it just isn't worth it.

please deletel.

 

[Kate Ellery]

I do understand your point, I do what I can but try not to go too far with careful
Remember the oldest living vet, he lived to be 112 and broke all the health rules, I think what is good for people is to have a social group like he did, his church and his front porch.,

Yep we can only take care ourselves by making sure we eat good food and , keeping as active as we can concidering our ages / any any illnesses