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Originally Posted by Moses
Are they in Sacto, too? A lot of that town is 10 foot deep river bottom topsoil. Amazing stuff. I was always amazed by the peaches got when I lived in Davis.
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yeah, a lot of the stuff along the American River is deeper than that. When they put in their swimming pool, it was that rich, black soil all the way down.
I can tell you, the topsoil in Davis is about like what I have in Carmichael. We planted peach trees about the same time at the folks house, and in my yard. In 4 years mine is 7 ft tall with a trunk like my wrist, Dad's is closer to 20 ft tall and the trunk is like my calf. The cherry trees are just freaky though. Literally sticks no bigger than your finger and fit
inside a golf bag and the biggest one is higher than the peak of the house in three years.
But I digress, they have a Key Lime Tree too, mmm, key lime pie.
Mom made a peach strawberry rhubarb one time when she was cleaning out the fridge, that was pretty good. Apparently the key is to keep your Crisco in the fridge, use cold water and handle the crust for the dough as little as possible.