Thursday, March 17, 2011

Fruit Trees are on the WAY!!!!


ALMOST THERE!!!

So we and by WE I mean Ian, my step-dad Fred and Uncle Mark. . . and my little sister Morgan . . .lol They have all contributed  TREMENDOUSLY!!! Fred has been falling these HUGE trees. 100+ ft Fir and Pine Trees!!! Mark and Ian have been cutting up and burning the branches and brush. Also they have been cutting and stacking the rest for firewood. :) Save some money next year!!! Morgan spent 2 hours in the pouring rain dragging and burning brush! WHAT A SISTER!!! I am sure about now you are wondering why I have not been helping. . . . well  you try having two boys one that runs around like crazy and the other one who crawls around like crazy! Not to mention they take naps at DIFFERENT times!!! So I stay inside and take care of the boys and run the worker bees water/beer or beverage of choice and also I make sure they are fed! They don't work unless they are FULL!!! lol  Anyways they have cut over 50 TREES!! (don't worry we are planting new ones)
 As of right now the trees are down (we have TONS of firewood) the stumps are ready to be removed, and My orchard is mapped out!!! ALMOST THERE!!!! 

        I have done tons of research to make sure the trees I get are well taken care of and pollinate each other and produce tons of fruit!!! They are very picky from the soil they are planted in to the direction they are planted (facing the sun or not), to how much water they get to the fertilizer. The Main this is to keep them healthy and bug free so they can be completely ORGANIC!!!
So this year I am planting 11 Trees!!!
Fuji Apple
Golden Delicious Apple
Elberta Peach
Redskin Peach
Bartlett Pear
Bosc Pear
Bing Cherry
Black Tartarian Cherry
Plumcot (Plum mixed with Apricot)
Darkskin Plum (rich purple plum)
Banana (yep you read right a banana tree that is hardy to our climate)

Not to mention  the trees that can't be planted outside because they have to come inside during the winter
Kumquat
Dwarf Lime
Dwarf Lemon
Dwarf Mandarin

I can't WAIT to enjoy all these fruit trees!!! I love the fact that my boys will be able to go and pick there own fresh organic fruit!

Next year we will put in nut trees, a mini grape vinyard, and a big berry garden.  Can't wait for that either!!!

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