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You need some education KID google it non native trees and animals can change or destroy local eco system.
LOL, gramps your days are gone, its the new world!!!!!!!!
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A banana in Canada, can you imagine. The truth is some types (Musa basjoo, Musa sikkimensis and a few others) do survive here with proper protection and although they are late to grow in spring, they more than make up for this in growth rate, reaching 10 to 15 feet by late summer under ideal conditions. So what do they need? Bananas will grow best here on a south facing wall in rich soil that is kept moist. This helps feed their growth. When winter approaches the tender roots will need protection from frost and this is easily accomplished by piling bags of leaves up around the stems.
There are some foods that we just can’t grow in Niagara; bananas, coconuts and almonds for example. Or that’s what I thought until I went to Warner Farms on John St in Beamsville to discover that farmer Torrie Warner has 15 almond trees growing on his farm. Not a lot, but enough to excite anyone interested in good food.
“They’re (almond trees) pretty hardy,” explains Torrie. “The buds are susceptible to spring frosts and I’ll loose a crop that way, but they don’t die out in the cold winters”. This fall, Torrie harvested about 36 baskets of almonds in their husks.
Almond trees have slender, long leaves similar to an olive tree, but darker green in colour with blossoms that could easily be mistaken for cherry blossoms. Almonds are ready for picking when the husks split, exposing the shell inside. The husks are pulled away, leaving the shell with a delicate and delicious local – Niagara almond – inside just waiting to be eaten.