It was June by the time we moved in so I didnt get to plant any trees til fall.I picked up a little bitty Granny Smith apple tree and got it in the ground before the snow started to fly. I worried about it all winter because it is at the far end of our pasture where there was no shelter from the wind. I spent those cold days looking through catalogs and decided I wanted to grow as many heirloom varieties of fruit as I could . I also wanted to be an organic farm.When spring finally arrived so did my bareroot trees I had ordered.
I hope to be able to harvest apples in a few years.
This is a Honeycrisp apple tree and the long path I have to walk to water all those trees by hand.I actually look forward to it because its great exercise and I get to enjoy the wildlife that shares our pasture with us.
This is a Red Haven Peach. Still so tiny but I can almost taste those fresh peaches already.Peach PieYum!
We use to drive almost two hours to pick honeycrisp apples at a well known orchard in our area. If you have never tried one I highly recommend you do.Honeycrisp apples are wonderful. Not the store bought apple Either,one picked straight from the tree. There is nothing better than that. Apples at the store are grown to look pretty and have a long shelf life.They are also treated with a whole lot of chemicals so that they look perfect. While they may be pretty they sure dont taste like much. I am beyond excited to be able to one day walk out into our orchard and pick my own apple,from my own tree,that I have nurtured and planted with my own hands.
Its probably gonna be the best apple I have ever had.
