Hi dear Hivers, how are you doing today ? Here's a little update from the garden, which is starting to cool down a bit and is still a pleasure to work in, but a pleasure that requires a little more preparation in the face of sub-zero temperatures.
The pictures might lead you to believe that it would be around twenty degrees, but it's not and that's it, winter is well and truly here and the last trees are losing their last leaves...
Above is a general view of the orchard, the widest I can get with my 35mm lens. To make out the trees, you have to squint a bit or simply zoom in. Whatever the case, they're all there and there are now 12 of them.
Remember that our objective was (and still is) to plant between 15 and 25 trees this year. I think we'll be more in the region of 20 by early spring. After my recent fall, I've had to take it easy for a while, but it's only going to get better again !
We couldn't go a few days without planting even one tree, so here's the latest. It's a persimmon tree, a fairly hardy species that comes from China and can withstand temperatures as low as -18 degrees !
Here it is, proudly at the top of the hill, waiting to be planted in the area that I think will give it the most sun and the most comfort.
Indeed, the persimmon tree needs a lot of sun, and the choice of this area for the orchard was not made at random. Quite simply, the sun shines from sunrise to sunset, i.e. from 8 to 20 hours every day.
But here comes the oak tree next door, playing in the gusts of wind and sowing its last leaves in our direction.
As well as contemplating this, we'll never say no to a little more organic matter for our young shoots !
Here's the foliage of this persimmon tree against the winter sky... But without further ado, let's get down to the business of planting !
As always, we use the spading fork to mark out and remove the grass in the area of the future tree.
Then we use the clumps of grass we've removed to make a trough to hold the watering and simply start digging a hole.
For me, it's always religious, or at least eminently ritualistic and meaningful. We open a breach in the earth's crust to close it again with something external, something that wasn't there before and that will remain there from now on, perhaps for hundreds of years !
Oops, I went a bit fast there and didn't take any photos of the intermediate stages, the tree is already in the ground and its leaf mulch is already in place too !
And here it is, standing back a little, with the oak, at least a century old, as its protective guardian in the background... Two more watering cans and it's ready to acclimatize to its new landscape !
The day's work is completed by distributing the organic matter in the form of leaves raked lower down in front of the house.
No jostling, every tree gets its share !
That's it for this newcomer, and if I was able to take so many pictures, it's because I wasn't the one digging because of my back! And yes, despite the somewhat misleading title, this tree won't be the last to join our orchard. Rather, it will be the last of the first session... until the next one !
I hope you've enjoyed this article and the images that illustrate it, and I'd like to thank you for taking the time to visit. Don't hesitate to leave your comments and advice, and I hope you have a lovely Sunday,
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Bonjour chers amis, comment allez vous aujourd'hui ? Voilà une petite mise à jour dans le jardin qui commence à être bien refroidi et dans lequel travailler reste un plaisir, mais un plaisir auquel on s'adonne avec un peu plus de préparation face aux températures négatives.
Les images pourraient laisser à penser qu'il ferait une vingtaine de degrés, mais il n'en n'est rien et ça y est, l'hiver est bien là et les derniers arbres perdent leurs dernières feuilles...
Ci-dessus, voilà une vue générale du verger, la plus large que je peux faire avec mon objectif 35mm. Pour discerner les arbres, il faut un peu plisser les yeux ou bien aller tout simplement zoomer dans l'image. Quoiqu'il en soit, il sont tous bien là et au nombre de 12 désormais.
Rappelons que notre objectif était (et reste) de planter entre 15 et 25 arbres cette année. Je pense que nos nous situerons plutôt sur une ligne moyenne de 20 au début du printemps. En effet, avec ma récente chute, j'ai dû me calmer un peu, mais ce n'est que pour mieux reprendre !
Aussi, nous ne pouvions passer quelques jours sans planter ne serait-ce qu'un seul arbre et voici donc le petit dernier. C'est un plaqueminier, un arbre à kakis, une espèce assez rustique qui vient de Chine et peux ternir des températures allant jusqu'à -18 degrés !
Le voilà fièrement tout en haut de la colline, attendant d'être planté dans la zone qui, je le pense, lui garantira le maximum de soleil et le plus de confort.
En effet, le plaqueminier à besoin de beaucoup de soleil et cela tombe bien car le choix de cette zone pour le verger n'aura pas été faite au hasard. C'est bien simple, il y a du soleil du lever au coucher, soit à peu près de 8 à 20 heures tous les jours.
Mais voilà le chêne voisin qui joue dans les rafales de vent et sème à la volée ses dernières feuilles dans notre direction.
En plus de contempler cela, nous ne dirons jamais non à un peu plus de matière organique pour nos jeunes pousses !
Voilà le feuillage de cet arbre à kakis dans ce ciel hivernal... Mais sans plus attendre, lançons nous dans les opérations de plantation !
Comme toujours, c'est la fourche à bêcher que nous utilisons pour délimiter et retirer l'herbe sur la zone du futur arbre.
Puis, nous utilisons les mottes retirées pour faire une cuvette qui retiendra les arrosages et commençons tout simplement à creuser un trou.
Pour moi, c'est presque quelque chose de religieux, en tout cas d'éminemment rituel et significatif. On ouvre une brèche dans la croute terrestre pour la refermer avec quelque chose d'extérieur, quelque chose qui n'était pas là et qui désormais, restera là, peut-être pour des centaines années..!
Oups, là je suis allé un peu vite et n'est pas pris de photos des étapes intermédiaires, l'arbre est déjà en terre et son paillage de feuilles est lui aussi déjà en place !
Et le voilà avec un peu de recul et avec comme gardien protecteur en arrière-plan, le chêne âgé d'au moins un petit siècle... Encore deux arrosoirs et le voilà paré pour s'acclimater dans son nouveau paysage !
On termine les opérations du jour par la répartition de la matière organique sous forme de feuilles ratissées plus bas devant la maison.
Pas de bousculade, chaque arbre aura sa part !
Voilà, c'est tout pour ce nouveau venu, et si j'ai pu prendre autant d'images, c'est bien que ce n'est pas moi qui creusait à cause de mon dos ! ET oui, malgré le titre au airs un peu trompeurs, cet arbre ne sera pas le dernier à rejoindre notre verger. Mais plutôt le dernier d'une première session... jusqu'à la prochaine !
J'espère que vous aurez apprécié cet article et les images qui l'illustre et je vous remercie pour le temps de votre visite. N'hésitez pas à laisser vos conseils avisés et impressions en commentaires, sur ce, je vous souhaite un très beau dimanche,
<3
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Take care after your recent fall 🙏 Or these activities actually help :))
I hope the persimmon tree will bring tasty fruits 😇
In fact, a raisonnable activity is good, sitting too long is quite painful. Different doctors I've seen all told me that walking at a middle pace is excellent !
Yeeees ! Now we have to wait and water it hehe 😅
Have a lovely new week ahead dear @mipiano 😘
I have bought some of these today, but they still need time. I like when they are already very mature :))
Ahh ! I love those !
I recently learn that there are two types of persimons, the ones that stay hard and the others that get ripes... I wonder which one is this one 🤔 :)
Have a lovely day @mipiano 😘
I am still waiting with this one, to become softer hahaha, but maybe this is the first type. I will be patient hahah (I like more the second type) 😋
So, I've check a bit an this one seems to be from the first type, the "kaki-pomme" - kaki apple as we say in French :)
I hope you'll come across the soft ones, those are my favorite too 😇
Have a lovely Sunday 😘
These are not the soft ones, it seems... I ate one yesterday and today another, but they are sweet, so all good :))
You did a great job
I don’t even know anything about gardening at all
Keep it up!
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You are doing a great job, well-done. Planting trees is not easy, wishing you best of luck
Cheers for sharing @anttn its already so great now, how nice will it be in a few years
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I envy you still don't have snow yet in France! Here in Germany, everything is covered by snow. I look forward to reading further development of your orchard. I want to have my own in the near future :)
Have a nice Sunday!
Yeah, I imagine that its quite perturbing and beautiful at the same time ! Here in Normandy, there's not so many snow, more icy mornings !
Many thanks dear @akipponn ! I believe that planting trees is a true act toward our resilience in the future !
I hope you and your family are doing well ❤️
Hello long life to your new tree, I hadn't given any thought to breaking ground and planting something in that space that nature itself hadn't put there for many years.
It was a pleasure to read your post and the pictures are beautiful, may it recover soon from its fall.
Many thanks dear @soyunasantacruz 😇
Yeah, this a real act of creation if fact... But Nature do the most of the work in reality !
Have a lovely day and take care 😘
Gardening is tiring no matter what. I hope this time next year when you watch your trees grow, you'll feel like your hard work has paid off, man.
I think the trees will be kind and won't fight XD
Yes, I'm confident and I know it's always a good choice to plant trees !
Haha, you never know what can happen when the night arrive 😂😂 !
Pousse, petit arbre, pousse :-)
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It feels awesome to plant a tree. This year I planted five new, as unfortunately a couple old ones gone dry...
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