Ridgetop
Herd Master
No, fruit trees have not been moved yet. The friend has not been able to do any footer digging as it has been way too wet. It will happen when it does, hope that it will be within the next month. Thought it might have been around now... but we have got standing water in some of the low spots in some fields still from so much rain that we normally don't get this time of year.
Too bad, but when someone is doing you a favor you can't be too demanding. LOL Does the ground freeze there or can you still do them in February? They will be dormant till spring anyway, so you can probably put them in anytime till just as they begin to leaf out Won't get much of a crop off them this year with moving stress so you might want to knock off most of the fruit that does manage to set any way. Hopefully you can get the healthiest ones moved before they are torn out. Might be a nice hob while you recuperate from knee surgery. You can point where you want them and have your friend put them in that spot with his digger. Is there anyone you can hire to do the final planting of them? Hopefully you got all your other shrubs and bulbs out of the old house. Although if your friends are moving in that house, maybe you can go back and get the rest after they move in.
DH and I will have to plant fruit trees at the new place in Texas. I was thinking we would have to do it after we moved there but realized we could do it anytime in the winter after we buy a place and they would be established by the time we move. Then will just need some pruning and training. Oddly I haven't seen many ranches with fruit trees planted which is confusing since most homes in California had fruit trees in the yards. Too busy with cattle and hay maybe.
I am gad you had a nice Christmas with GF and her family. Looks like she is here to stay so any common ground you can find with her mom will be good. You might just not have found it yet. At least the family is not a "No Guns Vegan" . LOL