A boring post about the fruit plants in my yard

Our four fruit trees that we planted this past fall have all survived the winter! wahoo! My princess peach tree should be blooming any day now, although it is fricken freezing in Utah again. The other three trees are either starting to get there leaves or have visible buds growing on them.

 I am waiting to see any life in the grape plants that I planted last fall, so far they all look like dead sticks in the ground. My neighbors huge grape vine looks dead still too so I'm crossing my fingers that they will all spring to life again once the weather decides to be decent for more than two days. If that is the case I will have soooo much grape juice to make in 3 years :) (seriously I planted like 40 grape starts). If they don't come back I will pick up a new vine from the local nursery next year and try again.

 My other neighbors let me dig up some of their extra raspberry canes and they are really doing well for the shoddy job I did digging them up. The canes are a thornless overbearing variety, and I am so excited about them.

My son picked out a blueberry bush the other day when we were at walmart, I've always wanted to grow one, but Utah really isn't the place to do that. So we picked up two bushes... but I've planted them both in bright yellow containers with the acidic soil that they need. I mixed half peat moss with an organic potting soil to plant them in. If I can keep them alive and happy I'll have to let you know. Since they are picky little buggers I have been collecting rainwater to water them with in the future. Lately we've had more than enough rain to keep them well fed. I also mulched them heavily with pine needles so in the summer months that will help keep the water from evaporating so fast.

My bare root strawberry plants that I picked up from walmart still look dead but I think they could be waiting for warmer weather too. So basically you can see that I am anxious for warmer weather and the possibility of my budding "Garden of Eden" I've got going on.