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DESSERT!
Fresh peach slices over vanilla ice cream for all! The best dessert we had all summer long.
I am pleased that it was such a tasty dish because it was the most expensive dessert that I have ever enjoyed.....
The COST of planting a small orchard:
Planting orchard......................................................1 fun day digging in dirt
Fruit trees (3 cherry, 2 peach, 1 nectarine, 4 apple).........$308.63
Gopher wire..............................................................$12.86
Dirt & Fertilizer.........................................................$43.58
Insecticide.............................................................$12.00
Antifungal fruit tree medication.......................$15.00
Hand watering...................................................2 x weekly chore until August
Drip system (installed to eliminate above chore)....1/2 day hard labor in August
Digging out danged Star Thistle by hand....weekly allowance to Grandson $$$
The pleasure of sharing and enjoying the fruit of your labors - PRICELESS-
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BUT WAIT!
THERE'S MORE!!!!!
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