Good link Jason ;-) .

Question to Paw-Paw growers:....

I never had the pleasure of tasting a paw-paw, nor have I ever seen one, except in photos.  Why are they not in stores?  Are they more perishable than a fresh fig?  There has to be a reason that this fruit is not more commonly found in stores.  Maybe it can't be shipped?

I wish I could taste this fruit, and for that matter, many other exotic fruits that will never hit the stores.  My loss.

Frank

Pomegranates

@Frank.

Plum (green gage)
Quince (havran and aromatanaya)
Cherry(lapins)
Dogwoods cornelian cherry (black plum and kazenlak)
Pears (bartlett and ubileen)
Grapes (concord seedless,glenora seedless,baco,machreal foch)
Peaches (red haven and flaming furry)
Gogi berries
Tea
And then all kinds of vegtables in the garden.

Roses  (heirloom roses, not grafted)

Previous years:
Tomatoes
Peppers (Jalapenos, Habernos, Bell)
Basil
Parsley
Rosemary
Mint

This year:
Tomatoes
Bell Peppers
Ghost Peppers (maybe)
Zucchini
Eggplant
Dwarf Bananas
Dwarf Oranges
Olives
Basil
Parsley
Rosemary
Mint
Oregano

Previous years:
Tomatoes
Peppers (Jalapenos, Habernos, Bell)
Basil
Parsley
Rosemary
Mint


This year:
Tomatoes
Bell Peppers
Ghost Peppers (maybe)
Zucchini
Eggplant
Dwarf Bananas
Dwarf Oranges
Olives
Basil
Parsley
Rosemary
Mint
Oregano

Meyer Lemon

3 types of pomegranates.

i grow figs, and my wife enjoys roses. he used to have this tiny rose garden when we lived in different house. however, with our two sons and working schedule she stopped doing lot of rose things. now in this house, we only have 3 rose bushes. she is thinking about increasing the numbers. we live very close to weatherspoon rose place. they have some beautiful plants.

i also enjoy looking at japanese maple trees. have 3 of them. two of them, we planted when our sons were born. one we planted when we moved into this house. the oldest one 11 yr old is for our elder son. when we moved into new house, i pulled it out of other house and brought it here.

pete

What else do i grow.
hmm
Older ?

Hearing about all the cold people are having to deal with, I hate to mention it.. but today I'll be harvesting the first zucchinis. They are growing in large black plastic pots in a protected, but full sun area. And I have to hand pollinate, but there are two ready.

The first green beans are ready too. Also in pots.

I decided to try to push the season, and it seems to be working, at least in my warmer part of the world.

I used to grow bonsai trees - then I moved to Texas and the heat got the best of them.  I didn't do much of anything for years (rented a house), was working.  Then 2 years ago we bought the rent house and I put in a garden to compliment the fig tree!

Edibles -
Tomatoes - 2 heirloom and 4 others
Peppers - 3 varieties
Cucumbers
Green Beans
Radishes
Beets
Lettuce - 4 varieties
Herbs - Sweet Basil, Red Basil, Bush Basil, Rosemary, It Parsley, Oregano, Thyme, Lemon Thyme, Dill, Lemon Verbena, Lavender - 2 varieties.

Flowers!!
Marigold - critter prevention!
Double Knockout Roses
Encore Azalea
Gladiola
Impatiens
Begonia
Canna
Oxalis
Caladiums
Geranium
Petunia

I also have a few orchids inside.

This is my experimental year to see what can take the heat here in the DFW area.  Last year we had 71 days of 100F or better and 40 were consecutive.  The goal is to have a perennial flower garden  and accent with some annuals.  I would like to keep the tree smallish - under 10 ft(?) I think and see what happens. Here are a few pictures.

This view is from the driveway


This is herbs and flowers


The fig tree


With Fig-lets!


Sorry about the size of the pictures - I don't know how to do thumbnails.

Jo-Ann

Looks great. However, figs near tomatoes are bad news. Root Knot Nematode risk. I learned the hard way.

John

Aside from the figs, Ruby Red Grapefruit, Valencia Orange, blueberries, olives, and many varietals of wine grapes.

Martin said:

What is Kohirabi?  See, what I'd really like to grow is Hickory Nut trees injected with truffles.  They don't grow here.  :-(
Suzi

We grow kohlrabi.  That came under the line 

Kohlrabi is related to broccoli, it tastes like the inside core of a head of broccoli. The really nice thing about it is that they keep for about 6 weeks in the fridge.

Hoosier types
Martin said:

I also grow kohlrabi. It's great raw.

There are a number of important crops (cruciferous/cole crops), all cultivars of the same species - Brassica oleracea.

We like to experiment with different kohlrabi recipes.  One involves grating it (raw) and then add grated apples to make a slaw salad.  Can add mustard (very little) and heavy cream (gotta mix those before adding).