She promised me she would NEVER sell it and if she did, it would be to me, and I believed her, putting my maximum into the land. It was going to kill me seeing something to the effect of “Rare fruit paradise! One of a kind garden!” In the real estate listing, so I removed the inground trees and transplanted them to my new place.

My home was an apple orchard in the early 1900s I can tell its definitely old. I was told by this super nice older local gentleman that this tree is a 'Dutchess of Oldenberg' apple tree thoughts? I measured the diameter and at the base 119" then measured the diameter at chest height and it was 116 1/4 inches (9' 8 1/4) and my guess is 30'-40' in height. I Iive in Mid Michigan area What recommendations could you give me to help this tree endure I have some root-tone so i plan on cloning. My Uncle has a apple orchard that's been in my family since 1881 in Ogemaw Co. MI area and I have been trying to get him to stop in, but he hasn't had the time yet. I dont remember a apple tree that's this big in diameter or height in the familys orchard but I would love to learn more and do more for this tree that could have been around since Moby Dick was a minnow 😁

I am considered an expert legally. However I don't know what I don't know... I lean heavily on specialized experts when it comes to diagnosing and treating problems. We farm commercially with 1 goal, make the trees be as productive as possible to make the best return on investment. I also have close to 15 trees and 20 grape vines in my own curated backyard orchard, that I planted just for my own enjoyment! Feel free to ask me anything! I love what I do!

The first picture is a selection of the fruit I grew in my backyard... The others are picture from our farm

Fourth tree is almost in the hedge on the left. Third pic is a map from 1861 which shows trees in the same locations. Trees are incredibly neglected and absolutely covered in mistletoe.

So a family member girdled my peach trees while I was out of town based on a TikTok tip.

This is going to kill all of these branches right? Is there anything I can do?

I planted this sweet cherry 7 years ago and had grafted 2 different scions on it. It was at most 12 feet tall and a good 10 feet below the powerline. Asplundh cut it down doing contract work for Duke and won't get back to me.

They also decided to cut down a healthy American Chestnut between the road and powerline just to give them better access to the work they were doing.

EDIT in response to comments:

1. I shouldn't have used the word "arborists". These people clearly were not.

2. The power line was going only to my house. I checked the deed and there is nothing about an easement for the power company. Contacted the power company and they are looking into what they can do. Still no word from Asplundh.

3. Tree is on a semidwarf root stock that would not have gotten higher than 15 feet even if I never pruned it. Power line is 20ft above the ground.

4. Asplundh left plenty of sassafras and oak touching the lines.

5. Looking into getting the chestnut registered.

Third year Red Havens. Two trees side by side, no problems at all to date. This is the first year I've left some on to ripen.

Best preforming tree (aside from an old apple tree we inherited on the property) is this red peach grown from a pit my MIL gave us!

Always fun to look forward to peaches this late in the year too!

Grew this bad boy from a top started in 2020. He spent some time as a coffee table plant lol. But now, 5 years later, in a much bigger pot, I got a fruit that's actually grocery-store size! Feel like telling the world😂

I have a plum tree in my front yard (no fence) that is treasured by us and the neighbors, as I baby it and share it with them every year. Since last year, there’s this guy who drives a sedan selling ice cream that comes to my house to pick them without my permission. I’ve told him not to multiple times last year and now he is back again. Today despite me telling him do not pick the fruit he still said “only two”, picked it and left.

What can I do to get him to stay off my property? Should I call the police on him?? Can I use hose to spray him??

I inherited this cherry tree about a year and a half ago and thought it was just one kind. Today I realized one of the branches is grafted on, and what I thought were unripe Bings are actually ripe Ranier cherries.

Hello everyone,

My wife and I are independent growers in the high-desert region of the Pacific Northwest. In 2024, we invested everything into a beautiful piece of land with soil that had been carefully developed over 20 years using organic methods, with the goal of building a legacy organic stone fruit and nut orchard, along with a cannery to process our crops locally.

Late last year, our dream faced a catastrophic setback. Our property suffered an off-target chemical drift event from a commercial applicator across the street from us. The persistent herbicide (Aminopyralid) completely strangled the vascular systems of our 458 mature peach trees, resulting in total canopy mortality.

We are currently working through the state regulatory and legal channels to hold the negligent parties accountable. But as land stewards, we refuse to just sit around and wait for a courtroom. We are moving forward right now to actively heal our earth.

Because Aminopyralid binds tightly to soil organic matter and targets broadleaf plants, we are weaponizing biology to clean the slate. We are launching a multi-year soil remediation plan utilizing deep-rooting, fast-growing forage grasses (like Sorghum-Sudangrass and oats) that are completely immune to the chemical. These roots will fracture the soil profile and pump massive amounts of oxygen down to the native soil microbes, forcing a microbial population explosion to naturally digest and break down the toxin. We also plan to plant rows of sunflowers as natural phytoremediators to pull remaining residuals from the topsoil.

We have launched a YouTube channel to document every single step of this biological recovery—from independent soil core lab tests to the day our new certified organic peach saplings can safely go back into the ground.

https://youtube.com/@orchardquestions?si=sGkrsgjJmzqIyKo-

If you would like to follow our journey, watch our soil recovery videos, or partner with us in crowdfunding the heavy costs of excavation, biological soil amendments, and our future main street cannery facility, please consider checking out our restoration fund.

🌱 Support our Farm’s Recovery & Replanting Fund here: https://gofund.me/d5586cff2

Thank you so much for standing with independent family farms and backing the resilience of our soil.

— Nicole & Seth

We’ll probably end up around 40,000lb.

4 years ago my neighbor asked what popping up in our yard and I wasn’t sure. I thought it was just another hickory sapling and almost had my partner cut it down this spring. Cut to 2 weeks ago and I’m walking in the yard and see peaches. I still can’t believe they’re real and actually tasted amazing. 3 were edible and 2 were left behind for the bugs/birds/squirrels.

We assumed the previous homeowners planted it but who knows. I’ll be doing a hard prune this winter now I know it exists. 🍑