{"id":13428,"date":"2019-09-11T10:03:40","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T16:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themoehrings.com\/?p=13428"},"modified":"2026-03-03T09:46:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T15:46:36","slug":"trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themoehrings.com\/index.php\/2019\/09\/trees","title":{"rendered":"Trees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Tree growing is not for the faint of heart! Here is my plum and one of my apple trees two years ago vs today. I&#8217;m going to have to top the plum this winter and thin it out so it will make better plums. I think we are still a couple years away from apples. My oak trees died last year and tried to grow again this year and died again.\u00a0<span class=\"_5mfr\" title=\"frown emoticon\"><span class=\"_6qdm\">\ud83d\ude41<\/span><\/span>\u00a0Maybe next summer won&#8217;t\u00a0be as dry. My peach tree did well for its first fruit season (I&#8217;ll prune it this winter too) and I don&#8217;t have any idea when to expect pecans.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/themoehrings.com\/zp\/index.php?album=1.Nate%20Becca\/2019\/09%20garden\">More garden photos<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/11-2yr-compare-apple.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13429\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/11-2yr-compare-apple.jpg?resize=2000%2C1500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/11-2yr-compare-apple.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/11-2yr-compare-apple.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/11-2yr-compare-apple.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/11-2yr-compare-apple.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/11-2yr-compare-apple.jpg?resize=1280%2C960&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/12-2yr-compare-plum.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13430\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/12-2yr-compare-plum.jpg?resize=2000%2C1500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/12-2yr-compare-plum.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/12-2yr-compare-plum.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/12-2yr-compare-plum.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/12-2yr-compare-plum.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/12-2yr-compare-plum.jpg?resize=1280%2C960&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tree growing is not for the faint of heart! Here is my plum and one of my apple trees two years ago vs today. I&#8217;m going to have to top the plum this winter and thin it out so it will make better plums. I think we are still a couple years away from apples&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[245],"tags":[559,3895,928],"class_list":["post-13428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-becca-2","tag-garden","tag-so-slow","tag-trees","wpcat-245-id"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s504YJ-trees","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20695,"url":"https:\/\/www.themoehrings.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/tree-update","url_meta":{"origin":13428,"position":0},"title":"Tree Update","author":"Becca","date":"April 22, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"I planted these trees at the same time too. That plum didn't get topped this year before it started budding but it still amazes me how much it grows each year. Gonna have some good plums, apples, and peaches this summer!","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Becca&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Becca","link":"https:\/\/www.themoehrings.com\/index.php\/cat\/becca-2"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/27-apples-peach-.webp?fit=1080%2C1080&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/27-apples-peach-.webp?fit=1080%2C1080&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/27-apples-peach-.webp?fit=1080%2C1080&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/27-apples-peach-.webp?fit=1080%2C1080&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/27-apples-peach-.webp?fit=1080%2C1080&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10644,"url":"https:\/\/www.themoehrings.com\/index.php\/2018\/03\/spring","url_meta":{"origin":13428,"position":1},"title":"Spring?","author":"Becca","date":"March 7, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"My plum tree says it is spring. I hope my other trees think so soon too!","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Becca&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Becca","link":"https:\/\/www.themoehrings.com\/index.php\/cat\/becca-2"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/07.jpg?fit=901%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/07.jpg?fit=901%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/07.jpg?fit=901%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/07.jpg?fit=901%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":22343,"url":"https:\/\/www.themoehrings.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/tree-3","url_meta":{"origin":13428,"position":2},"title":"Tree","author":"Becca","date":"February 6, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Tree hair cut day! Yay Also something is eating my apple trees. Not yay","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Becca&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Becca","link":"https:\/\/www.themoehrings.com\/index.php\/cat\/becca-2"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/apple-critters.jpg?fit=960%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/apple-critters.jpg?fit=960%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/apple-critters.jpg?fit=960%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/apple-critters.jpg?fit=960%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8427,"url":"https:\/\/www.themoehrings.com\/index.php\/2017\/02\/trees-for-babies","url_meta":{"origin":13428,"position":3},"title":"Trees for Babies","author":"Becca","date":"February 21, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I know these aren't the best pictures, but wanted to share that I got my trees planted. They are for my babies in heaven! We got two apples, a pecan, a peach, and a plum.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Becca&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Becca","link":"https:\/\/www.themoehrings.com\/index.php\/cat\/becca-2"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/10-new-apple-trees.jpg?fit=1200%2C716&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/10-new-apple-trees.jpg?fit=1200%2C716&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/10-new-apple-trees.jpg?fit=1200%2C716&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/10-new-apple-trees.jpg?fit=1200%2C716&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/10-new-apple-trees.jpg?fit=1200%2C716&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":26535,"url":"https:\/\/www.themoehrings.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/plum-dessert","url_meta":{"origin":13428,"position":4},"title":"Plum Dessert","author":"Becca","date":"June 12, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Plums turn into yummy desserts! 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