12/16/2018 TimberGardener

It’s winter of 2018, and the seed catalogs are starting to arrive.  We expanded the garden in May of 2018 with the help of my awesome family, so we have room for a few more fruit trees.   We had wanted some apple trees that were specifically for cider making, so…

01/21/2017 TimberGardener 2Comment

During our first winter as homeowners, we plotted what fruit trees we would plant in the spring.  “Apples, of course.  Apples like chill hours.  And pears would be practical.  And an edible crabapple to help pollinate them.” We bought a Honeycrisp  apple and a Honeygold apple, which are very cold…