Yesterday wasn't what you'd call a spring day but at least it wasn't raining like they had predicted. So while I was helping my son Edward continue to work on his backyard electrical conduit project, Carolyn was out in our backyard transplanting our orange trees from the fake clay pots into genuine old wine cask halves. This should give them about twice the room for their roots to spread and grow. We have found that the soil in out back yard goes down about 18 inches before it hits hard pan clay. Until the roots break through the clay, they just can't get the growth and drainage they need. We're still waiting for a couple of our trees to do that. But Carolyn figured it would be easier with the citrus trees to just plant them in pots since they won't ever be that large anyway.
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