The beginning of March has come and gone. The weather outside is still frigid and blustery but just knowing its March and winter is in its death throes makes the below 0 temps much easier to bear.
This year I have in mind to replace my fruit trees. Last year's attempts at starting my own fruit orchard failed miserably. I planted 6 different trees and at the end of fall all but one was dead. And there's no way of knowing if that one has survived winter. Fortunately, they are all under warranty and I can exchange them for fresh stock this spring.
If I'm dreaming big, I also want put in whole bunch of nut trees. I have my eye on stock from Badgersett (www.Badgersett.com). These folks have put many years and a lot of effort into breeding superior hazelnut stock.
Of course I would need to order those immediately if I was going to. I really want at least hazelnuts & Badgersett has bred theirs to be resistant to Eastern filbert blight.
They also offer chestnuts and hickory pecan hybrids that I wouldn't turn my nose up at. To me the more varieties in my field the better off I am.
Last year I dug up two small shagbark Hickory saplings and place them along the fence line. I believe one survived summer and i'm hopeful to see it leafing out this spring.
Finally on this years list of permaculture additions are service berries also known as June berry and Saskatoon berries. I would like to put a row of them out in the front yard because they are beautiful as well as useful.
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