Meaghan
Ridin' The Range
So, a while ago, we decided to name our property, business, etc. Sunset Acres Ranch. Since I haven't really shown you guys around, I thought I would. I'll have to have a few consecutive posts in order to share all of the pictures. 
The back of the house.
Neighbors chickens.
Garden area that we are clearing.
Our large oak tree out back.
The back of the house where we have raspberry vines and three varieties of apple trees (Golden, Fuji, and mystery) that the previous owner planted last spring.
Future pig pen.
Our growing orchard. So far we have Pomegranate, Black Walnut, Cherry, Peach, Nectarine, Apricot, Honeycrisp Apple, two Pear varieties, and an Apple-Pear. Later this summer we will be adding two varieties of Orange, Lemon, Avacado, Lychee, Dragonfruit, Guava, two varieties of Mango, and possibly Papaya.
Our Kiwi vines.
The previous owner had a blueberry patch that got overgrown with weeds. It's growing above our septic drain field, so that's why this area is full of weeds that aren't anywhere else. In need of serious weeding, but it isn't high on the priority list right now.
Annnnd our front yard now has a giant hole where a Sago Palm used to be. We pulled it out because it's incredibly toxic to dogs and anything else, and we didn't want our dogs getting into it. Two dogs just died at UF because they chewed on the palm fronds and their owners didn't know it was toxic until it was too late. Said they had it for 9 years with no issues, then had them drop dead in a matter of hours. So we are replacing it with an Arrowwood tree that's native to Florida. We picked it up at the Farmer's Market today. Arrowwood is mildly toxic, but it won't kill animals only make them sick.
The back of the house.
Neighbors chickens.
Garden area that we are clearing.
Our large oak tree out back.
The back of the house where we have raspberry vines and three varieties of apple trees (Golden, Fuji, and mystery) that the previous owner planted last spring.
Future pig pen.
Our growing orchard. So far we have Pomegranate, Black Walnut, Cherry, Peach, Nectarine, Apricot, Honeycrisp Apple, two Pear varieties, and an Apple-Pear. Later this summer we will be adding two varieties of Orange, Lemon, Avacado, Lychee, Dragonfruit, Guava, two varieties of Mango, and possibly Papaya.
Our Kiwi vines.
The previous owner had a blueberry patch that got overgrown with weeds. It's growing above our septic drain field, so that's why this area is full of weeds that aren't anywhere else. In need of serious weeding, but it isn't high on the priority list right now.
Annnnd our front yard now has a giant hole where a Sago Palm used to be. We pulled it out because it's incredibly toxic to dogs and anything else, and we didn't want our dogs getting into it. Two dogs just died at UF because they chewed on the palm fronds and their owners didn't know it was toxic until it was too late. Said they had it for 9 years with no issues, then had them drop dead in a matter of hours. So we are replacing it with an Arrowwood tree that's native to Florida. We picked it up at the Farmer's Market today. Arrowwood is mildly toxic, but it won't kill animals only make them sick.
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