the apple trees are doing well...all exhibiting new growth...i have been keeping them well watered ( even before the current blast of summer heat ) and they receive full sun most of the day...i haven't had time to do much research about the number of years it takes for an apple tree to produce fruit...for now i am simply occupied with keeping them healthy through the first year...fruit is an issue for the future...the bottom photo is the perennial bed on the south side of the house...i had fits and starts with the yams but they are coming along now...the vines are winding their way up the trellis and should be feeding an expanding root system to carry the plants over to next year...the elephant garlic has begun to die back and will be harvested soon...hopefully with enough viable bulbs to allow another planting...the jerusalem artichokes at the back have begun to form buds and will flower soon...they are running a bit behind the plants on campus which are already flowering but they are in shade part of the day as opposed to full sunlight which may explain the gap in behavior in plants that sprouted at virtually the same time.
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