Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Orchard is in!

We planted 14 trees today! 2 Honeycrisp, 2 Royal Empire, 2 Pink Lady, 2 Novamac, 2 Novaspy, 2 Bartlett Pears, 1 Zestar, and 1 Gingergold. The weather was beautiful. Pictures and details to follow. A large thanks goes to the folks at Springhope Farm in Galien, MI and Small's Nursery in LaPorte.

More Details to come...

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Gathering Supplies

Monday March 29th:
Picked up 16 T-posts at Hacker's Vineyard
Picked up deer soap, trunk guards, deer tape, support tape, and grape ties at Eau Claire Fruit Exchange.
Apple trees at Springhope farm waiting for pickup.

Tuesday March 30th
Picked up 2 Bartlett Pear Trees from Small's nursery

Wednesday March 31st Orchard will be planted.

Friday, March 26, 2010

The Start

Today the groundskeeper and I marked where we will be planting the apple and pear trees.