Today I finally got to work on a new garden. I had been planning it for a long time, but there was not enough time.
As a child, I often spent the summer with my grandmother, where my other children and I constantly played in the apple orchard. Since then, I have always dreamed of having my own garden.
Even before moving to a new house, I planted a few apple trees, plums and walnuts, but this is not enough. Therefore, in the summer I bought a piece of land especially for a large garden. And today I started it by planting the first apple tree.
Our land is not the best, mostly clay, but I have a great rotted manure, which has almost turned into earth. The difference in the color of the soil is clearly visible in the photo
Having dug a hole in the ground, I placed a wild apple tree there. I chose the wild apple tree for its vitality. It is very difficult to transplant tree from the field without damaging the roots, but I once transplanted 2 such trees and damaged the roots with them, nevertheless the trees survived and feel great.
Half an hour later, the apple tree was planted. I really hope that it will take root. But in any case, a start has been made. Ahead the transplant of 4 walnuts, 3 plums, a few more apple trees and pears.
Great! I wish you can create a beautiful garden. It's wonderful to have so much space to make it happen.
Thanks!
Congrats! How big is the new plot? What are your plans for it?
Ooh that's massive :) My late grandparents had about 30 fruit trees in an 900 sqm plot they used mainly for vegetable production! So imagine 2500 sqm! You can have a proper food forest in there! Get planting!
Thanks! New plot is something about 2500 square meters and half of it I'll use for garden for sure. I haven't figured out about the rest of it yet, maybe I'll use it all for the garden
I just read a study that said a big square hole (3' across) was the most successful for transplant health, vs round or anything else. I know we dug 3' across (and deep) holes for all our little trees because the soil where they went was severely compacted from heavy equipment during construction. They have FAR exceeded my expectations in just a year.
Glad you have a start on your orchard. Hope the wild tree does well.