I am referring to trees, of course. What else would I write about when there are 15 in our yard? I recounted them and yes, we have 15. 12 fruit and 3 non-fruit.

Anyway, Jared and I decided that we better plant a new peach tree since ours seems to be on the way out and we took out one of the apples to give more sunlight to one of our garden areas (we have two). That last sentence made taking out the apple tree too easy. Let me try again. We toiled, we labored, we broke our backs taking out that tree. Well, Jared did at least. I got a little sore, but he was walking around like an old man for a couple of days.

In case you were wondering, these are the kinds of trees we have:
3 flowering cherry (those are the ones I mentioned last post that don't produce any fruit)
1 tart cherry
1 bing cherry
1 HUGE apricot
1 asian pear
1 regular pear (I think it is Bartlett)
2 plums (no idea what the varieties are, but they are good)
1 reddish-yellow apple (like gala or fuji)
1 golden delicious
1 nectarine
2 peach (1 brand new, so we won't get any fruit on it this year)

Another thing that happened since my last post was that Ben and I went to the allergist. I am pretty much allergic to everything that will give you hayfever. My back was really itchy in a couple of spots for days afterward. Ben is also allergic to many of the things I am, so we get to have the same kind of nasal spray. We also found out that he is allergic to nuts. He has never had a severe reaction to peanuts, but he is a little allergic, so we have to stay away from them from now on. He is more allergic to cashews. They made him break out in hives all over his body when he ate some cookies once. He has never had trouble breathing, but the doctor has us carrying around an epi-pen just in case. We are really hoping we never have to use it. So Amber, we feel for you!