Dreaming of a simple way

Good stuff on my Homestead

Well, today was a fun day. I have spent it out at my mom & dad's house about a half hours drive from home. The reason being is mostly because my younger brother Tommy is home from the Mid. East for only a few more days, and also my other brother Josh who is a teacher (highschool teacher for kids that are "at risk") just started Spring Break! So he is down here from the Salem area (about an hour from my parents home).

Today my mom had me look up apple tree pollinators because she has 2 apple trees that she planted when ma and pa first moved in (about 6 years ago) and was told she would need to get a pollinator tree. So I looked it up and found out that that means another species of apple tree that happens to be a good polinator. There were 7 types that were good pollinators for her zone (8-9) that I could find. Two of the main types were Golden Delicious and Granny Smith. We were also looking for semi dwarf size. They get to be about 13 - 15 ft. tall . There are also dwarf and regular sized trees. So anyway, after I gave my mom that info, she started calling some nurseries and I was looking through a book of local nursury "ads" and found one that was only about 5 miles from her! She hadn't even know there was a nursery in her small town! So we were excited about that and decided to just go drive to it instead of call.

Turned out they had several Granny Smith trees, so we got one for $15. The owner of the place also lived there and had some farm animals, mini horses & mules, llamas, emu and others. So William and my nephew Trevor who both came along were excited about that! Especially the emu. Also my mom found out that the man had just been diagnosed with cancer.  So I will pray for him tonight.

That is it for now.

Blessings

Katie