Planting fruit trees is a long term investment. It's a sort of act of faith, and a gesture of commitment to your location. It's a declaration of your intention to settle down. I ordered our fruit trees as soon as our bid on the house was accepted. All twelve trees in the "orchard" are semi dwarf, and we also planted 4 dwarf citrus in a separate area near the house. We have (in addition to two orange, a lemon and a lime) almond, cherry, fig, peach, nectarine, pear, plum, apricot, pluot and three apples. We also planted two hundred daffodils beneath the trees just for fun. Since I was still in a "delicate" state, our friends again came to our rescue with the understanding that if the doctor gave the the OK to have the baby at the last minute, I would run the machinery alone to bring on labor, and they could all just go inside and boil water or something.
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