Here is a picture of the apple orchard the morning after mowing.
The Bridge Grafted tree is barely visible furthest to the left.
The trees have grown!
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Beautiful orchard. That’s quite a contrast to my hillside forest clearing.
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But the fruit from your trees is probably just as sweet and appreciated. 
We do things on a larger scale because we have a large family. More eaters… and more helpers too.
When we are done raising this crew we will probably want a much smaller place and less to maintain. We will let one of our children live here and raise a family.
Believe me buckets of cukes are just another thing to feel bad about not having time to put up…so beyond what you need or can use its just another burden.
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That is one beutiful home orchard. How many trees? Do you have any deer that jump that fence? Is the height of the trees not a problem for you?
Honestly, really impressive, great job!
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45 apples on mostly m111. A few trees with 5 or more varieties.
The stone fruit and pears are about as large, but there are empty spaces that need to be filled.
Persimmons are sad. When work boomed hubby and I didnt keep up with it, and children dont figure in all factors or notice how things are doing. Next year we plan to replant rootstock and hopefully eventually have a lot of producing trees.
Gotta prioritize. Got a new place to pay for. Maybe if we can find some good tree service people we can invest more time at home.
Thanks @growjimgrow
No deer in ours…they like our neighbors place better. We have dogs.
We wanted big standard trees. We have lots of climbers at picking time.
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Sorry Jolene hard to understand. Xxoo mrsg
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If you mean my message lacked flow I agree.
We are super busy, behind with work and preparing for a funeral. My youngest sister in law died unexpectedly this month.
Paid leave is not an option when you are running a business…we just have to keep going a day at a time.
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Our very deepest sympathies go out to you and all your family.
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Thank you!
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So sorry JoLene❤️
Here I am nine years later doin’ the same thing. Lol
Grafted 98 trees that got planted here…plus a couple for the neighbors and 14 that went out to a ranch.
I have mine plus 12 ungrafted myro I plan to bud to apricot in a nursery row. My last project will be top working a mulberry. I will share pictures of that.
Hubby has about an acre of garlic planted…and we have been pulling weeds in those 200 foot rows.
Lots of lambs too…another this morning. Four since Sat. and we had 7 born on Sat including our 4th set of triplets.
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Are y’all trying to compete with Filaree Farms?! 
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Ha, I’m glad I’m not the only one! Plus winter damage and repair and replacement grafts pushed me well over 100. I’ll be pushing 800 trees. How many for you?
Not trying to compete with anyone really, but garlic grows well here, and he is looking for something we can grow to sell.
It gets harvested before the rains hit and the weeds go crazy too!
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We have 45 good size apple trees (not dwarf) maybe 14 peaches, we have about 10 apricot. Need to replant pear and cherry.
We are going to put some trees at another property where there was a historic apple orchard (planted before Arizona was a state) we cut scion off of at least 5 old trees there this year that are about finished (dying). At least some were believed to be Ben Davis or Baldwin (I think)
I want to try cherries and maybe peaches on plum roots with Adara/puente interstem…so 13 of my grafted plum are Adara. I also have Emerald Beauty, Flavor King, Flavor Queen, and a dozen I plan to bud to Apricot. We have a seedling tree we call the Brothers cot that was planted by my hubby and his brother. It bloomed later than Harcot, Tilton, Chinese, or Robada along with our Canadian White Blenheim. I plan to just do more of the late bloomers no matter how much I like Harcot or admire Robada’s pretty blushed fruit.
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How do you guys treat those big trees for pests? Beautiful work! I hope to one day have a little farm/honestead like yours…
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We will spay soon for codling moth (Entrust) that is the main pest we have. Fireblight got our pears a couple years ago and damaged fruiting spurs on some apples last year.
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Thanks @clarkinks
I aught to get an updated picture. That last one is five years old already!
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There is something satisfying about walking among fruiting trees. @39thparallel said my orchard was a little like the old English orchards with tall pears. It is a wonderful thing when they bloom and fruit. I mostly leave my orchard alone and focus on growing fireblight resistant pears. Very little spraying is required.
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