05-26-2020

A pre-existing apple tree; Andreas prunes them so nicely.  This vantage point is from the "chicken yard" looking into the "people yard"

Raspberry live fence in the foreground (separates the people from the chicken yards), apple trees in the background.  

Three apple trees above, raspberries below

The metal frame is over the sweet cherry tree, and will get netting to protect the cherries from stellar's Jays.  It's hard to see, but this is where there are also peaches... 

Urban Orchard

On the .3-acre oversized city lot, we have found space for ~25 fruit trees.  

In the front "yard" area we planted 2 Italian-style plums, 2 or 3 (or 4?) figs, 1 red bartlett, 1 yellow bartlett, and 1 comice pear.  In the back yard area proper, there are 3 apple trees, 1 Bartlett pear, 1 sour cherry and 1 Asian plum which were here when we bought the property.  Neighbor Sebastianne gave us really great advice upon moving in:  Plant your fruit trees first, as they will grow and start to produce while you get everything else going.  Don't wait!  That first spring, we planted a bunch: 

In the backyard orchard row, what we have planted is:

(7) Peach trees (the most recent addition a Nainamo, which is reportedly more resistant to leaf curl)

(1) sweet cherry (Stella?) 

(1) Asian pear 

(1) persimmon 

(1) Gravenstein apple    

They are not all producing at their best; the Italian plums in the front yard get aphids.  The peaches get leaf curl, which requires crazy tedious vigilance.  Persimmon is a young addition which has not yet started producing.