Trees In Ground

On Sept. 17, with alot of help from Mom and Dad, we got all the trees planted. Digging 20 "million dollar" holes, applying lime, planting, mulching, then watering is more work than it sounds, even for 4 people. Luckily it rained all week afterwards. We checked on the trees yesterday, and they look much perkier than  in the pot. A neighbor stopped by to explain how attracted the deer would be and that a deer hunting plot is across the street and numbers are up. I'm proceeding to investigate deer repellent methods.

New Fruit Trees

We bought our 1st set of trees on clearance from Lowes for $5 each. Hopefully they'll all turn out OK. They're all pretty large (6-8 ft tall), semi-dwarf, showing a little bit of leaf drop, are in 3.5 gallon jugs, and all on clearance, presumably b/c they've been sitting over there all summer waiting to be purchased. A few of the blueberries and pears we also picked up at *Petals from the Past in Jemison (full price), #Green Thumb in Decatur (half price) and peaches for free from a friend.

Pecans
*1 Excel - $30
*1 Amling - $30

Peaches

4 Belle of Georgia (white)- Orig $20

2 Unknown (Peach or Nectarines, same type leaf, not sure)- Orig $20
2 Elberta (yellow)- Orig $20
3 Neil (coworker) - Unknown but it's a white peach

1 Diamond Princess (white)- Orig $20
1 Hale Haven (yellow)- Orig $20

Nectarines

1 Sweet Pearl - Orig $30

1 Western Pride- Orig $30

Pear

1 Bartlett- Orig $20
*1 Warren - $22
*1 Ayers- $22

Apples

1 Jonathon Apple- Orig $20

1 Golden Delicious Apple - Orig $20
1 Red Delicious Apple - Orig $20

Apricot

2 Golden Sweet - Orig $30 each

Blueberry

1 Tiftblue - Orig $20
#1 Tiftblue - Orig $16
#1 Premiere - Orig $16
#1 Climax - Orig $16
*1 Powderblue - Orig $9

Total Original Price = $575

Our Price = $215

Actual Value = Hopefully something. They're looking pretty sad right now, 1 week after purchase. The plan is to wait till fall to plant, once they go dormant, if they survive that long :(