A volunteer cleared the site by mowing the grass and sage brush. We measured and staked out approximately one acre and began hauling in the posts for the deer fence. Unfortunately, deer love to eat twigs, leaves, and apples. The deer fence will be 8 feet high with two rows of field wire. The main line for the irrigation system needs to be put in before tree planting begins.
Trees rows have to be measured and staked.
This is a high-density apple orchard with a 12 x 5 planting pattern. This means that tree rows will be 12 feet apart and trees 5 feet apart in each row. We are going to have 12 rows with approximately 42 trees in each row. Once the rows have been rotivated, trellis posts can be installed. Since we are using dwarf rootstock on all of our apple trees, a trellis system needs to be installed.