Trees lost to disease
I’ve been busy removing trees that have died recently. It isn’t fun work, but at least we get firewood for next winter. And any branches that still have some leaves or nuts left on them we feed to Rebecca’s milk goats - they love the treat!
Quite a few of the trees are getting diseases, some from soil borne pathogens, and some from air borne that enter through external wounds. Unfortunately, this is typical for an orchard that is as old as ours - approximately 23 years.
