How much can a front yard hold? We are about to find out! With watchful neighboring eyes and some looks insinuating that we must be nuts, we have stripped more grass out and expanded the garden AGAIN.......

We have recently added a wonderful and huge October Glory Maple. It's so big...we were hitting other trees along the road bringing it home. A beautiful and fast growing shade tree, he will reach about 40-50 feet. I can't wait to see the fall color of this one!

Also, the same day actually, Josh planted a fairly good sized Tartarian Black Cherry (Prunus avium) to help shade our tree peony. It already has clusters of cherries. I find it funny that the height variance is 12-30 feet, that's a huge difference.

To complete our mini orchard we found a sweet little Pink Lady. Unfortunately, when we pulled her out of her container she had NO roots! She is suffering right now, but I have full faith that she feels our love and will rejuvenate soon.

Directly in front of her is our berry patch of Heritage Raspberries and Blackberries. I fear the worst for the blackberries. Some bunny has already located the bush and makes breakfast from the leaves...imagine if there were berries.

Up on our front porch in a container (it shares with the strawberries and a hops vine) is a miniature peach with about 12 peaches. Libby has learned that the big giant pot has treats! Maybe I'll be able to save enough to make a strawberry-rhubarb pie!

Did I happen to mention how wonderful life is!!!

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