The First Tree...First Of Many, Hopefully

 We weren't looking for fruit trees to put in the yard--it's still a little early. We don't even have a sprinkling system installed, but we saw the tree and snagged it. A few days later, we dug a hole and stuck it in the ground.

Tree Number 1.

In a tree-less yard.

Back before 1847 the valley in which we live was uninhabited. That summer Mormons entered the valley and set up shop. It was part of Mexico back then and had the valley been more appealing, it might have already been occupied. But, because no one else wanted it, it was available. I haven't done a lot of research about the area before the Mormons arrived, but I have heard that the people who first saw the valley said there were no trees...tree-less.

On the hill where we moved, there's not a lot of trees...kind of how it looked almost two-hundred years ago. One of the first things we planted at our old home were fruit trees. We're hoping to do the same here. We started with an apricot tree. We'll be looking for other fruit trees--those that do well in our climate. When we're done we plan on having a little orchard, like we had before.

It's just one tree. We'll have to water it by hand until the sprinklers are installed and we're glad to do it. It's strange living in an area where trees are few and far between. Maybe in the coming years, the little hill will have many trees. That's the goal.