Like the garden that I mentioned yesterday, the future orchard will be a great source of healthy and delicious fruit. Which I am super excited about because fruit is a) tasty and b) expensive. My goal is to have apples, pears, figs, apricots, peaches, plums, and anything else that will grow. I am most excited about figs because fresh ones are amazing and difficult to find here.

Once again I hope to benefit from my father-in-law’s expertise. He is an expert fruit grower, with many years experience raising apple, pear, and cherry trees up in Michigan. If he is in town soon we might go up to the nurseries in McMinnville and Smithville to buy trees.

I would really like to load up the front yard with trees. I think 50 or so would be a nice number, if there is that much space. The soil seems pretty good. I wish the space was a little more level, as it might be a bit of a pain to use a ladder on the hill, but that’s okay. We can also use the tractor and front end loader, as long as nobody calls OSHA.