Postings have been nonexistent over the last couple of days as I’ve been busy getting the winter work done in the garden. Some of that work took quite a bit of research and, despite my killer analytical skills, I should have researched a little more.
I did manage to get 4 apple trees in the ground along with 3 each peach, pear, and plum. The research involved determining which variety each required which ‘pollinator’. These had to align with my taste in fruit. Finally nailed it all down and was able to find all that I needed at a nursery between Huntsville and Madison in Alabama. I put these trees as shown in the diagram below.
The large square in the diagram is my garden (60 by 120) Mid size boxes are large planting areas where crop is rotated from one to the other. The small boxes are 4 X 12 raised bed planting boxes, there are 27 of them.
So, between getting the fruit trees in, planting 6 blueberry bushes, cleaning up the mess in garden that was left over from last year, and feeding the cattle I’ve had little time to post.
Super Bowl beginning in a few minutes, y’all take care !