Years ago we raised 'everything' from popcorn to melons.
Our health does not allow us to do much anymore, but we have
a small spot for tomatoes and bell peppers. Not enough to can but all we want fresh. I think once you get gardening in
your blood it's hard to stop. We do have fruit trees..some
young but we canned about 60 qts of pears last year...and a
lot of applesauce, applebutter, etc. from apples given to us.
A lot of time our fruit freezes in the bud stage, but
usually about every 3 years we get a really good crop. I
just can it up and use it in years we don't have a crop.
We love fruit, and it is sooo good.