Our local nursery was having a great sale so we couldn't pass up the chance to buy some fruit trees. Wolf was great a got out there and dug the holes for them. Little Owl originally picked out a yellow delicious, a cherry, and an apricot tree. Since the sale was so good we decided to get 2 varieties of each type. We ended up with yellow delicious and winter banana (a heritage variety) for our apple, Chinese dwarf and Moorpark for apricot, and royal Ann and black tartarian for cherry.
Luckily we had some good rain before we got them and the next two evenings are planting them. They seem to be doing well except for the yellow delicious which the goats promptly escaped and ate all the leaves off the branches they could reach. Luckily it still has some left.
Now I'm on the look out for deer. If they come around or if the goats continue to escape and cause trouble I have a lot of wire I will use to create protection for the trees.
The winter banana apple tree already has an apple on it. Little Owl can't wait for the rest to fruit.
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