Sunday, November 24, 2013

Madison's Sweet 16 Birthday

My youngest and only daughter, Madison, turned 16 today.  The party was friends and Harry Potter movies all night!  She was supposed to get a vehicle for her birthday as well, but she worked with her mom and got that early over the summer.  Her best friends were here to support her and I tried to stay out of the way as much as I could.  Happy Birthday, my sweet daughter!







Monday, November 11, 2013

Trees Planted

Need to record the types of trees planted so I'll remember later.  In the front yard, I planted 3 Stewart pecan trees from Gina's Uncle Don.  Won't forget what they are because they're the only ones with the Cleveland Flowering Pears.  In the back, I planted 3 cuttings of the willow tree.  Hopefully, they'll take.  In the Orchard from Left to right, front to back:  Row 1 - Harvest Gold Crabapple (apple pollinator) and an apple tree of unkknown origin from Gina's Uncle Don.  He planted them from seed so who knows what'll show up; Row 2 - Perdue Pear, Hood Pear, Moonglow Pear, and Comice Pear; Row 3 - McIntosh Apple, another Apple from Uncle Don, and Pink Lady Apple; and Row 4 - Plumcot Hybrid, another Uncle Don Apple, and 5 peach trees that I planted and forgot the names.  I do know 2 are white peach and 3 are yellow peach.  Photo below helps show location of trees.