Peach, pear, plum... and some chickens

No fiber news to share this week. I really have spent much of my time finishing getting ready for school next week. There are a couple of odds and ends left to do, but for the most part I'm done. 

Because J. was gone all weekend driving D. to school, he took today off to get some things done around the house. The first and most important item was to get our new trees planted. I managed to keep them alive through the heat and they really needed to get in the ground. 

L. really did do more to help than just sit there.

The plum (you can see the absolutely loaded apple tree in the back.)

The two sour cherries in the foreground and right, and the pear on the left. (It's difficult to see.)

A better picture of the pear. 

Our two peach trees are not long for this world. They are very, very old and every year we think they won't make it through the winter, but I'm afraid this will be the winter that they don't survive.

The other item on the list was to move the baby adolescent chicks out of the small coop into slightly larger accomodations. They are so much bigger they were barely fitting in the small coop. A few weeks ago, we lost the bad boy ducks to coyotes. This meant that the duck jail could be turned into a home for the chicks until they are big enough to move to the regular chicken coop. 

I think they are going to enjoy having a bit more room. It's also a lot easier to see them now.




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