Fruity

Wow. Been Busy with the holidays and all. I can't believe its already the middle of January. Not much going on. I have been rotting in the box way too much. Things just haven't slowed down. Putting a huge Blah factor on my mood. 


I planted a few fruit trees last week (2 peach, a plum, a fig, and a pear).  I decided to do something a bit different because I'm worried about the overall quality of my soil. I made a 2 1/2 foot by 2 1/2 foot box out of cedar that is twelve inches tall. I dug and removed the soil about six inches deep in the ground and placed the level cedar box around the six inch deep hole, making it a total of 18 inches deep.  I back filled with a 50/50 good quality soil and compost, planted the bare root tree, watered, and added about three inches of mulch. I followed it up with a good dose of seaweed/fish fertilizer. So far so good, except the past two nights have been frigid in the 20's. Ugh. Hopefully, the weather didn't kill them.  Supposedly if they haven't leafed out by June, then it's a bust. Fingers crossed.