May 11 - around the ground

First, these are iris that originally came from my Grandma's yard in Snover, MI.  Those iris are long gone, but every place I have lived, I have dug some up and taken them with me.

Next, this is an iris from the beds that were already here, that sit in front of the fence and current "raised beds" (unused)

Baby pears!  (with the current track record, I'm not hopeful)

and a photo of the orchard.

Accomplished today - water all fruit trees not hooked up to irrigation - took the loop hoe to the entire orchard and raked part of "row one"

May 6 -

Watered all the fruit trees not on the irrigation system (there are five right now)

we have aphids.  For now, I'm picking off affected leaves and more or less keeping them under control.  This weekend I'll get a spot sprayer for NEEM oil.  The roses in the front of the house have them also.

So...we have insects we don't want, but the insects we *do* want (and need) were not around.

My peaches were not pollinated.  I think that bees might be in our future.  I'm looking at a Flow Hive.

May 2, in Squishyville, NV

So...I’ll write an introduction post later...

The orchard is in bloom, except for the peaches, because we have peaches!

Today, I’m pounding in Job’s tree spikes in the orchard.

We have 4 apple trees, 2 peaches, 2 cherries, 2 apricots, 2 plums and a nectarine.

We have 3 trees to be planted - 1 nectarine and 2 cherries.