FALL
1999
 The
side of the house is huge, blank and unlovely. However, the south
facing wall is also perfect for growing plants. But the sidewalk meets
the lot line of the house next door. I was unwilling to remove the
sidewalk since it was both a lot of work and for the last 100 years there
has been no water in the basement. I would also like shade on the
wall in summer, no shade in winter. I really wanted some dwarf fruit trees
and a few veggies. Nobody could tell me if fruit trees (much less dwarf
ones) would produce, or even survive our zone 5 winter in a planter left
outside. 
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| 3-26-2000
I set up 4 - 100 gallon rubbermaid stock tanks filled with dirt and manure, planted with 1 tree in each tank and heavily mulched. 2 peach trees (left) 2 asian pear trees (right) |
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SUMMER 2000 The trees are under planted with peppers, tomatoes day lilies and larkspur. 7-14-2000 
SUMMER
2001 The peach trees are loaded, both asian pears have fruit.
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