emperor splendor update

 In this 1 acre plus site  I planted the cold weather variety of the emperor splendor in Aug of 2014.

This is a few of the stalks I cut off at the ground in hopes the tree reacts the way it was promised and should be between ten and 20 foot of growth this year. The stalk is somewhat hollow but green which tells me everything survived the winter...yeahhh...
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fish again

Nobody likes to see things die or be the cause of it. Last year I took all the fish from the ponds and put them in my basement aquaponic system for safe keeping.I forgot the hose running in the tank and along with a 250 dollar water bill and emergency contact from the water company,all the fish died from the chlorine or water temp.It was my fault and I felt horrible because it was my responsibility and I failed.I will try again this year and be much more aware..

2 outa 3

I have one more sign for sponsored orchards but I cant find the picture. The space is for small placards to be placed to show whos is where and row location,on the sponsored it will be sponsors name. I aslso have a sign being made that says "lets grow together with my email address that can be printed on both sides to maybe be able to start getting gifts so I can grow..

Reliance Peaches

I spaced these bad boys a little further apart so they could breath. I pruned in here and was a little nervous at the strange gooey stuff coming from the graft but I can do nothing about it.Im unsure if it is a beetle entrance wounds or if its normal.Once again I will be filling in the missing paw paws with Hazelnuts along the waterway..

Blues Jam plumbs

This is full of Plumbs and those are paw paws along the waterway,I will be "filling in" with Hazelnut trees where the paw paws didnt make it.It took me most of the day to prune this orchard because of the incredible amount of growth. I will be doing a video on this to show just how much growth there was.

some of day 2

 Spent a few hours here today removing tree guards and pruning..

This entire site is pretty much a tributary of Spoon River I.I have it planted full of North Star cherry trees with a little closer spacing than my other sites but I am limited in what I can so here so I may try some bamboo on the widest side to fill the gap with a cash crop as they say.I pruned these hard to be a tree instead of a shrub.I wish I could carve stumps because i got a couple of dandies here,anybody interested?

Pruning day one

 This is a small lot but holds 88 early lambert  with the exception of a few North Star fill ins..

This is an even smaller lot full of North Star cherries,like 30 or  so.I never counted them I guess,Im just glad they are growing so well.I could prob ably put another tree in between each of the rows but I dont have the money right now to do it and by the time I do it will probably be too late.I may have some stock left over form last year but Im sure its not enough..