The orchard was planted in 2006. 12 trees, all little ones, less than an inch in caliber. Look hard . . .
2009, the trees are finally beginning to look like trees. No fruit yet.
2010 – Sour Cherries!
The orchard finally looks like an orchard. I’m soo proud of myself for getting all the rows perfect. You can see the straight lines from all angles. tee hee hee!
The orchard finally produced a good quantity of fruit in the summer of 2014. The trees had been large enough to produce fruit since about 2012, but every year the flower buds got frozen by untimely spring frosts. It’s disheartening to watch, but I don’t have a way of covering the trees or providing heaters in the orchard like large California growers do. I remember visiting the Orange groves in California when I was a child. You could see the rows of propane heaters set up in the intersections between each group of 4 trees. OMG – I can’t imagine what that costs. So finally, fruit in 2014!
