Instant Orchard

Within the last few weeks we have planted four fruit trees in our yard.  My mother and father-in-law both, independently called it the "instant orchard".  And that it is! 

We have two apple trees: McIntosh and Cortland.  They are fully established and were members of a large orchard of apple trees.  My father-in-law was digging others to sell to one of his clients (he owns a tree nursery) and offered to dig some for us.  We were happy to adopt them!  The trees were dug with a full root system intact.  My husband added a few ruts to the yard with the skid-loader but it made the work of digging holes and moving the trees alot easier!  I am excited to see blossoms starting to pop out.  I hope the cold nights have not caused any damage because I would love to pick apples this fall!

Our orchard doubled in size when we added a sweet cherry and peach tree.  Both of these trees were mail order.  They basically look like sticks in the ground right now so I will have to learn to be patient and wait for the fruit.