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9 New Fruit Trees and New Swale – 3/12/2022

I dug a new swale just downhill from my first swale. It is a few inches lower than the top swale, but won’t fill until the top swale is filled nearly full. I’ll add rocks in the area where they are connected to resist erosion.

New Swale dug to promote in-soak– Looking South

New Swale dug to promote in-soak– Looking South

I planted 9 new fruit trees on the downhill side of the new swale. Here are the types and varieties of the trees:

Ichi-Ki-Kei-Jiro Asian Persimmon (Grafted)
Saijo Asian Persimmon (Grafted)
Moonglow Pear Standard
Stark® Honeysweet Pear Dwarf
Starking® Hardy Giant™ Asian Pear Semi-Dwarf
Dapple Dandy Pluot® Standard
Flavor King Pluot® Standard
Starking® Delicious™ Pear Dwarf
Anjou Pear Semi-Dwarf

March 16, 2020 – Greening Up Status

It’s was warm most of last week and has rained all this week. Lots of new green growth in the garden. Most of the fruit trees are flowering.

6 raised beds

6 raised beds