Tree tagging
I numbered all the fruit trees, and tagged them all with numbers I cut out of yogourt tubs and lids.This is so that I can keep notes about health, pruning, fruit, etc, variety! when we figure out what the heck any of them are... and generally talk about them with better reference points than "that tree that used to have the hawthorn beside it but we cut it down"."You mean the one by the big rock?""No, closer to the well.""Oh, by the trail, where the rhubarb is.""No on the other side."This can take a while.It turns out we have more than 60 fruit trees, so the above scenario for describing them is not very practical. Numbers are a good idea.All are in various ages, stages, and health, but there are far fewer seedlings among the total than I expected. Half a dozen at most. Most are in "dire emergency" and need release, pruning, and more.But some are big, majestic beauties that have been quietly living away and making apples without us here, and will go right on doing so.