Apr. 16, 2008
Apple Orchard
Well, today we worked on the apple orchard. I stayed up late last night looking at Starkbros.com for apple types that we like. I didn't realize that you need to have cross-pollination in order for certain trees to produce fruit. Not two of the same tree, but two different trees and ones that are blooming at appropriate times to cross-pollinate. There are some self-pollinators, but just a few it seems. I chose three trees that we love: Granny-smith, Jona-red, and Gala; and two trees necessary to pollinate them: Fuji and Rome....and one to make it an even 6 - Jona-gold.
Today it was really nice out, so my 11YOS, the orchardist, and I went out to plot our orchard. We measured the distance of the area that we wanted to plant and sketched it to scale on graph paper, then we plotted out the dwarf-trees' diameter onto the paper with space in between. I am following the general advice from a website I found by a man who has a small backyard orchard in Cape Cod.
We then measured out the land and put stakes (sticks) into the ground for the center of each tree.
Of course, when my husband came home, I knew he would suggest some change. He told us to move the whole thing about 5 ft. to the North. Fortunately, this will be easy......if I can find the tape measure again. I should have foreseen this possible casualty when inviting an 11 YO to measure for a project.
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