Deck - End of Day Three

The basic deck is finished.  The steps and a corner plant stand are still to come.

As a bonus, we had Jeff's nineteen-year-old helper to dig out our asparagus bed.

Deck - End of Day Two

After Jeff removed the old deck, he had to rent a jackhammer to remove the concrete ramp at the back.  Then the base went in, with the help of Ben. 

New Deck

Yesterday work was finally begun on our new deck.  Here's the old version.

By the end of the day, here's what was left.

Apple Tree Pruning

This year the columnar apple trees had gotten too tall and the branches were so long that they were bending under the fruit.  So I decided it was time to cut them back and make them columnar again.

I cut the side branches way back and topped the trees as well.

I also cut the nectarine way back.  Now we'll be able to reach any fruit and hopefully we can control the stink bugs.