Spring project abound at our house right now! Glad warmer weather is on its way. We've started a few of the projects at the top of our list to work towards being more self-sustaining and making the best use of the land we have.
First on the list was planting fruit trees. We did this about a month ago. In total we planted 10, 2 each of peach, plum, pear, cherry and apple. So far so good, and we even have a few blooms on the peach trees. The trees are about 1-2 years old, so in about 3-4 years they should be up to their peak production and hopefully we will have lots of fresh fruit. Piper loved helping us plant them and made sure she brought her wheelbarrel and shovel for the work.
Boone just enjoyed a nice day outside.
Piper also enjoys helping us water them, and Osten even helped last time he was here to visit.
Next we stocked the pond. We got three kind of fish, 300 bluegill/shellcracker, 100 channel catfish and 5 sterile grass carp. Right now we have to feed them each day (its kind of like having a huge fish tank, only it's outside). Piper also like to help with this and you usually don't have to ask twice if she wants to go with you to feed them. If these do well, we should be adding some additional fish in the summer and then if all goes well will be able to start fishing by this time next year.
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It's great you are able to do so much on your property! We'd love to come visit sometime when we are in town...
take care!
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