We received a couple more apple trees from Stark Brothers on Friday and we rushed to get them planted on Saturday before a storm front passed by.
Suncrisp - a cross between golden delicious and an orange pippin, this is supposed to be cold hardy and should store well.
This more than doubles our apple trees, honeycrisp, red and golden delicious, gala and now suncrisp.
The question has been asked of us regarding why planting this many different varieties of apple trees. The short answer is before we invest in dozens of trees for our orchard grove, we want to find out want grows best.
Also on Saturday, we added a couple of concord grape vines next to the neptunes we planted a couple of weeks ago.
Of course, cages all around which is putting a strain on our depleted fence post inventory.
Four more chestnuts were planted on Sunday to bring that total to 13 (so far).
In between planting, weeds needed cutting and I had to oblige. I'm way behind in the weed management department. But the upcoming 3 day weekend might be dry enough for us to get ahead.
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