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…
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…