Homegrown cherries, sour sops, papaw, gooseberry, carambola, bananas, cherry custards, sugar apples, guavas, psydiums and more can be yours for the tasting.

And  it’s easier than you might think.
An obvious benefit to fruit  gardening is that it results in fresh things to eat.
Fresh fruits direct from your garden are  most nutritious  since fruits sold in the market  are transported over long distances and can lose some of their vitamins and minerals along the way.
Cultivating fruit trees and vegetables in limited yard space is as easy as one two three.
Evergreen Nature Study Club is a local gardening club that  is promoting the  cultivation of fruit trees, particularly  the shorter and smaller fruit trees.
Fitz Ogle  of the Evergreen Nature Study Club explains: “We know that some fruit trees grow very large: trees like mango trees, plum trees etc!  We are promoting the smaller trees , trees which are suitable for people with limited yard space.”
He mentioned some of these.
The are such like cherry trees, sour sop trees, papaw trees, gooseberry trees, carambola, bananas, cherry custards, sugar apples, guava etc!. Trees of which you can probably grow three or four in a yard.”
He added:”. You plant the trees. Water them. And they are growing when you leave for work and while you are at work they are growing; and before you know it you can begin to harvest fresh fruits for daily use and even as gifts for visitors.”
An added benefit is that these fruits can be processed into delicious products eg: gooseberry jam etc!
The Evergreen Nature  Study Club has developed a nursery from which plants for these  fruit trees can be acquired.
Persons interested in cultivating fruit trees that occupy little yard space,  can contact Mr. Ogle on telephone # 664-5947 or via the Club’s website: www.evergreenstudy.org. to obtain plants and seedlings or to get any other information which they need in order to get some fruit trees going.
They can also offer technical advice on how to grow these smaller fruit trees in limited yard space or even in pots, effectively.

(By Clifford Stanley)