Thursday, November 10, 2011

Living off the Land





Leslie's always been a gardener. I met an heirloom apple orchard keeper near our land. So we picked up several acres across the road to plant an orchard and garden. Apples, peaches, pears, persimmons, plums, paw paws, figs, blueberries, blackberries, muscadines, asparagus, and rhubarb go in this year, so they'll be ready when we move.

First order of business is to clear about a half acre. We decided this time to mulch all the trees on site, leaving everything that came from the ground there to go back into it. Bring in Tigercat, with its 2500 pound 4000 RPM mulcher that felled the hundred foot plus pines then ground them up, all in about 5 minutes a tree. Amazing machine.

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