I got the new front gate and fence built. This will be the main entrance to the property in the not to distant future. Since I wanted it 16 feet wide I put two 8 foot gates up and am very pleased that I got them lined up and straight when closed together. Our friend Steven deserves some credit and my thanks, he and his wife Star were visiting and he got pressed into service at the point of putting the gates and surrounding posts in.

I just thought I'd post a picture of one of our beautiful trees flowering. About 80 percent of our trees have flowers in varying degrees and it seems a shame that any fruit that starts to grow from them will have to be pulled long before they mature. This is necessary so the young trees can put all of their energy into growing a stronger root and trunk system. However the fact that they look this good after having been planted only 6 weeks ago is very encouraging. I am certai