Hyacinths salvaged from under the apple tree that my brother took down for me this weekend.
It was a tough decision. The tree was very old and full of character and yet over the last 5 years it's produced about 40 edible apples. The other issue is that it was growing up into the power lines. There are, or rather were, two large apple trees in my garden and it's impossible for me to keep up with pruning both. As it came down it was apparent that a lot of the tree was dead or dying. So it was the right decision.
The plan is to plant two small fruit or nut trees in the area where the old tree was. Haven't decided what yet. Maybe a sweet cherry, an Asian plum, or hazelnuts. At this time there are:
*A pear with five varieties grafted on the root stock. I'm espaliering this tree.
*Two European plums.
*A sour cherry.
*An apple ("King").
*Another apple ("Yellow Transparent." ) The other large apple.
*A quince (edible).
Other fruit: grapes, strawberries, raspberries and blueberries. All that on a small city lot!
I cheated an bought some lettuce starts to plant. Not felling too guilty about this. The starts come from local companies that sell at the farmer's market and it will give a slightly earlier crop than my start which are still teeny-tiny. I'm going to put them in a planter which will later be used for cucumbers.
