Progress with the permaculture

One of the attractions we had for our home was the existence of some fruit trees already on the property.  Unfortunately, what we saw was potential, not demonstrated success.  Because we were in a drought, the peaches never actually developed into much more than a pit.

It'll be interesting to see what happens this year, but for now we have new baby peaches on the tree.

Also, there was a fig tree already in residence, however, we'd been told that it had never fruited.  Well, we have some on the tree now!

To supplement what was already there, we planted blueberries, apples, more figs and pears.  In the late fall, I found that deer had broken limbs on a few of the apple trees.  I got to one that still looked fresh and grafted it back together.  I'm thrilled to say that it worked.

I don't know how things will develop with the apple trees, but four of the six trees have blossoms on them.  The two that don't are the ones that fruit late in the season.  I can't say I'm surprised there are no flowers just yet.

The blueberries we planted in the fall all have flowers on them.

Also, the new pear tree in the front bed appears to be doing well.  The baby pears that were on the tree are slowly growing, too.