I'm starting to do some planning for 2018, but before I get too far into it, I made a list of tasks I want, or need (!) to get done before the end of the year.  I can't remember now where I saw it but last year someone did a list of 17 things they […]
We have 22 fruit trees in our orchard.  And they are all espaliered onto wires.  The main reason we did this is so that the fruit is easy to access, and we can control how tall the trees get.  It is also a great way to ensure lots of light gets into the tree, as […]
We have a fantastic array of fruit trees in our orchard. Apples, pears, cherries, plums, nectarines, peaches, apricots, figs, to name a few.  The trees are about five years old, and they are starting to get a reasonable amount of fruit on them now.  We decided it was time to protect them from the birds. […]