Fruit Trees

Most of you know that I planted a garden for the second time this year, but what you don't know is...nothings growing!!! I was so excited to make it look pretty that I forgot to do some of the things that we did last year. Last year our tomato plants took over, and when I say took over I mean it!! They grew so big that my green beans stopped growing because of lack of sunlight. They even knocked the stakes over that were holding them up. haha So this year I put them on the side away from the green beans and other smaller plants. It doesn't really matter, they didn't grow anyway (2 of the tomato plants and the other vegetables). The rabbits ate my pepper plants (which I was so excited about this year) and so the only thing I have growing is tomatoes and the squash plant that Mason wanted so badly. Side note...we don't even eat squash! :) The weeds have taken over so badly that I think even if something was growing, I wouldn't even notice. haha I have not tended to it like I should have. But hey...we'll have tomatoes coming out our ears!! :) If anyone wants to trade tomatoes for other vegetables, I game! lol

We also have some fruit trees in our backyard. We originally just thought they were trees until about the third year we lived here we noticed something was growing on them. woo hoo!! We have 2 apple trees and 2 pear trees! The apple trees haven't looked very healthy and we have only gotten like 2 apples off of them. I was going to cut them down this year because I think that all the water that fills up in our backyard was killing them. Mason heard me say it the other day and said that there were lots of apples on them. HE WAS RIGHT!! We went down and they have several apples on them! I was so excited! I was like a kid in the candy store. So of course I go over to look at the pear trees and they have TONS!!! Question....does anyone know if its normal for fruit trees to bloom every other year? Last year we didn't get any blooms, the year before that we did and now this year we have. Does that make sense? Also I noticed that the pears on top of the trees have started taking shape, but we're just getting blooms on the bottom. I think that they bloom from the top down. Interesting! So when I say kid in a candy store I'm serious. Everyday I check on them, like they're going to just bloom over night. haha Its so exciting!! I have called Bennett's and they cant tell me much because I have no clue what specific kind of pear and apple trees they are (obviously because I didn't plant them). So if any of you are knowledgeable about fruit trees, I'd love for you to share your knowledge with me. :)

Apple Trees

Pear Trees

And this is just ONE part of the branch!!

Fruit anyone?? LOL :)