Rain, rain, rain...but we can get somethings done in between showers...grateful for sandy soil in rains....Planted a peach tree after my boys pulled out a dead pear. The roots of the pear had circled so much it strangled the tree...reminded me to check before I put potted plants in.
I have lots more digging/planting to do, because I need to move things before they break dormancy. The list is long and we are not freezing at nights this week, so lots is going to get fooled into thinking it is spring...
I just ran into a huge problem! I heard a second generation nursery man on youtube talk about the importance of bareroot fruit trees/shrubs and how they establish better. The huge blueberry I bought 2 years ago was came packed with clay soil...might not have been a problem, but my soil is sandy. It has struggled since day 1, but I dug it up today and spent 1 full hour washing clay off...it was so dense! It had barely sent out any new roots.
From now on I am checking both for circling roots and soil/potting mix being too different from my soil.
