So how’s the new berm doing? More fruit trees planted and mulched, thank you. The berm now sports a mix of apples, cherries, plums, pears and serviceberries. It’ll be fun to see what thrives.

Here’s the current listing, west to east:

[Planted 2015]

Apple: Roxbury Russet

Apple: Cox’s Pippin

Cherry: Gisella

Cherry: Gisella

Pear: Aurora

Pear: Potomac

Pear: Harrow Sweet

[Planted 2014]

Apple: Snow Sweet

Apple: Honeycrisp

Apple: Haralson(?)

Plum: American

Plum: Mount Royal

Plum: Pipestone

Serviceberry:

Serviceberry:

Cherry: Evans Bali

Cherry: Northstar

Cherry: Mesabi

[Planted 2015]

Apple: Enterprise

Apple: Cox’s Pippin

Apple: Roxbury Russet

Pear: Aurora

Pear: Potomac

Pear: Harrow Sweet

Apple: Enterprise

Apple: Goldrush

Apple: Pristine

Apple: Goldrush