I never really updated on the housing situation. We found a house we liked and ended up buying it in late September. It is a small house in a rural town. There isn't much of a yard, but it is larger than what we had at the rental house.
Our small house came with a young apple tree that no one ever pruned. I looked up the basics and gave it my best shot today. It seems like the most important things to remember are to trim away crossing branches, avoid crooks between branches (bugs live there), and get rid of some older limbs to make way for newer branches (new growth tends to be more prolific). I guess time will tell how well I did. There were just a few wormy apples on the tree in Fall 2014, so I'd like to at least get rid of the worms.
In addition to the one original apple tree, we planted 3 apples, 2 cherries, 1 peach, 1 apricot, and 1 plum. We ordered them from Stark Bro's. They have a good selection with reasonable prices. They also prune the trees for free. The only gripe I have with them is that the trees didn't ship on time and the company never contacted me. I had to call them several times before I found out when the new shipping date would be. Despite the shipping delay, I plan on ordering some blueberry bushes from them in the spring.
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