Fruits in the Future

Green Meadows Preserve now has an Orchard!

Last Saturday (March 9th) we had a wonderful morning planting several types of fruiting trees. The morning was a bit chilly and sunny but we had plenty of smiling faces.

Gopher Holes!

Green Meadows Gardeners and Master Gardeners came out to participate in the early morning fun. Many hands made light work of this project.

Rusty Simpson, Cobb County Parks and Recreation Unit Manager along with Jimmy Barnett and his associates were on hand early  and completed a large part of the work prior to the early morning start time.

The holes for the new orchard had been dug a few days prior and the trees were set near their prospective holes by Cobb Parks and Recreation staff. 


Water crystal packs and dirt were placed in the holes and and the mulch was crowned around the trunks of the trees. Water wells were placed around each of the trees for later watering. (Water wells are also known as Gator Bags and provide reservoirs of water to help get the trees established during their first year.)

The trees might or might not produce fruit this year but the exciting start will be the fun colors of spring blooms we will have in a month or so.

 
The new Green Meadows Orchard consists of:

•  4 figs
•  3 Bartlett Pears
•  2 Shinseiki Asian Pears
•  1 Red Delicious Apple
•  1 Golden Delicious Apple
•  3 Macintosh Apples
•  4 Green Gage Plums  
•  4 French Prune Plums

What a nice addition to Green Meadows Preserve! It will be fun to see how the trees grow and learn more about taking care of fruit trees.