Your to kind, thanks for the compliment.
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Today we took down the last tree where we’ll plant out our orchard. 977 trees cut and chipped. We’ve had 1/3 of the stumps pulled, now the rest can be done and I’ll run the sub-soiler through to break up remaining roots and disc the area. After that I hope to plow and disc and plant out a cover crop and then I can finally start laying out rows. Have to fit in fencing the area too…
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Wow. So great that you have all of the equipment necessary. It will be a great orchard!
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Andy,
I can’t wait to see the final tree planted!
Tony
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We don’t have a seeder for a cover crop, but don’t want to spend the $ on a one time thing, so we may see if the farmer down the road will do it for a fee. The only other thing we need to invest in is a post hole digger. One with a 24" auger that could be used to plant trees would be nice.
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That Austin Healey brings back a memory. A close friend of the family parked one in our barn in the country when I was a kid. It was in pretty rough shape (rag top was rotted) but I remember my brother and I were pretty impressed that it had three carburetors.
It sat there for a long time. One day my older brother got the bright idea to take it for a test drive. I can’t remember if we had to add gas or do any work to get it started, but we were able to start it. My older brother was maybe 14. I was about 11. We were enamored that the speedometer went up to 160. My brother ended up taking it to about 120 (I don’t remember if it was kph or mph) but we were flying down some very narrow uneven paved road. Miracle we didn’t die. We were like most young boys and had no brains.
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An apartment strip a few feet wide surrounding the front, west side, and back. So not much space. But I use French intensive method, and consider what needs more shade or sun to plant in layers. I will have a huge harvest of grapes this October!
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Interesting stuff yall all have going!
I sectioned a few areas out of my pasture for fruit, along the secondary creek. Its a nice flat bottomland area of good soil that mostly doesnt flood being a higher flat than down at the main creek.
The biggest area is in this secondary bottomland along the east side of a stand of large cottonwoods so you have a shield from the western hot prairie sun in the afternoon for the rows closer to the cottonwood stand. And to the north east and west are large ridges in the distance to shield from the strong winter winds. It is a sheltered location! On the east side of the cottonwoods is 4 acres my main area where my grafted pear apple persimmon stone fruits and jujube plantings are being planted and expanded and on the west side is about 2 acres where my mulberry grafts, che, seedling pecan planting for grafting are growing. Of course these areas are not yet half full… And my trees are young yet…
I am thinking of fencing another area out down by the main creek for a seedling planting of jujube and persimmon for crosses and hybrid seeds- yes when my hybrids like kasandra and etc begin to bear i plan to plant every seed!!! 
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Sounds perfect!!
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I have 33 acres. I’ve owned it for 3 and a half years. Has been a farm for decades or maybe centuries. The place had blackberries, figs, asparagus, black walnuts, kieffer pears, and some other things planted and well established when I moved in.
In addition, there are 16 massive native pecan trees and hundreds of smaller volunteer pecan trees. There are many hundreds of native persimmon trees on the place as well. Wild elderberry all over the perimeter.
I just became acquainted with grafting last year and I’m taking advantage of the established pecan and persimmon volunteers to graft improved varieties. So far working great.
In terms of acreage? Hard to say. Areas circled have my planted and native trees of note
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You have so much to work with already. Its great!
30 acres… bought in 1997 best I remember. Built home on it in 2001.
3 acres cleared.
Planted first fruit trees and berry bushes first spring.
I have 54 different types of fruit trees, berry bushes/canes, vines, nut trees, and 27 acres of heavy timber, mostly oaks… and I do Forrest farming too.
I really like to grow stuff !
TNHunter
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Most of our property is mature forest. The previous owner had clear cut about a half acre a few years prior and it was an overgrown mess of weeds/saplings/etc. It took quite a while but it’s cleaned up now and mostly covered in red creeping fescue, and of course trees/bushes/brambles. Apple, peach, plum, mulberry, cherry, hazelnut, chinquapin, raspberry, blackberry, blueberry, etc… Some native black walnut in the adjoining wooded area as well as english walnut and butternut. Pecan, persimmon, pear and strawberries in other areas, mostly the edges of the yard. Rooted some currant this year as well.
I’m happy with this much space and only wish the land were less steep and got more sun. It’s on the ~north side of a hill just steep enough to forego use of a tractor, and surrounded by tall trees. Encircled by t-posts and 3 strands of electric fence which the deer don’t always respect. I foresee a cooler weather project of shoring that up.
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1/4 acre including the house, driveway, patio and 8x12 ft shed.
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I started with 0.6 acres where the house sits and planted around 30 fruit trees and some Kiwi Fruit, in front and back. I recently bought the lot next door which was also 0.6 acres and I am making it my orchard where 90% will be in fruit trees or Kiwi Fruit. The rest is veggie gardens and composting. I have access to a lot of wood chips and spent beer grain so i try to do hot composting. Bought a small Rural King tractor to help.
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Since my 2019 garden photo, Vancouver Housing Authority decided to ban my garden and anybody else’s gardens too, all that during Covid. So now I have zero land I am growing on.
However, I refuse to use their very foolishly built “raised beds” located in THE SHADE of trees and between buildings, using plain dirt with weeds, inside wood that is not lined. They are dogmatic to only use Dr. Earth fertilizers, no garden decor or planters, and only annuals. I attach photos of that as well.
In my rebellion I am growing whatever I please on my patio, and on the porch rail!
You can tell me which is doing better. (I did actually tell them my thoughts, but they didn’t listen when building these.)
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My lot’s 1/3 of an acre including the house. I’ll never have anywhere near what Scott, Naeem, Bob and some of these others have on small lots. I think what I have is more than I’ll need, fruit-wise.
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One part of it is just having fun gardening, isn’t it?
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For me, it’s no fun if I don’t get results.
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Yes, we need results or it loses its luster. Also be careful not to bite off more than you can chew. This week the deer mowed off my strawberry bed, but I picked several gallons of honeyberries. Win some, lose some , but hopefully win more than you lose.
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