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As the springs days progress, the trees and bushes are growing like crazy. I keep thinking I shouldn’t show similar pictures, but I realized those pictures show the progression of the fruit and berries growing and ripening

Activities included weedeating around the honey locust saplings and the trees in the back field. Also adding mulch to trees on the farm. We added a trickle charger to the golf cart. That wil make keeping it charged so much easier.

It is nice seeing our first Medlar tree blooms. It would be nice to have a few medlar fruit to try this fall.

The mulberry trees have sooooo many fruit on them. It will be nice to enjoy the mulberries.

This year we plan to harvest a few of the elderberries and freeze dry them. I’ve ordered an infuser from Levo so we can make elderflower infused honey. Using an infuser will also be a great way to make comfrey salve.

Getting young fig tree ready for summer with mulch and a protective barrier against rabbits

Maybe we'll have a few medlar fruit this year — Maybe we’ll have a few medlar fruit this year

Adding mulch to fig tress in the back field

Clearing the grass away from a honey locust seedling in the back field

Pawpaw are finally growing quickly, they take so long to get going

Can't wait to taste the nectarines — Can’t wait to taste the nectarines

Mulberries are all over the mulberry trees

Mulberry tree in the back field with mulberries

Update from the trees planted in November

We were pleasantly surprised by the amount of growth from trees that we planted last November. The picture below shows a tree that has more than doubled in diameter and grown nicely in height. The tree protectors we installed will help keep small critters and deer from damaging the young tree calipers. We already had one plum tree that had damage (maybe 6 inch above the ground) from a critter chewing on it, maybe a rabbit.