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Worth1 · December 3, 2016

That soil goes back thousands of years and is the soil that was all over the Oklahoma Kansas Texas area before the great dust bowl days.
Many feet of soil was simply blown away when they plowed under the buffalo grass to grow wheat.
Then it stopped raining and the wind started blowing.

I have been 100 foot up in an oil derrick and seen these things coming in out in west Texas from the cotton fields of new Mexico and the pan handle.

Time to get out of the derrick as the wind kicks up to 70 mph in no time and the temperature drops big time.
Sometimes from 60 to 20 in less than 15 minutes.

For fruit trees you can plant them in rows in the garden but give space and select dwarf or semi dwarf trees.
Your going to be pruning them anyway.
You can even do the aspalier training to make better use of your space.
No law says they have to be a tree.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...q4ZGKpReY8q0rw
Run your grape trellises and fruit tree rows from south east to northwest.

December 3, 2016	#30
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	That soil goes back thousands of years and is the soil that was all over the Oklahoma Kansas Texas area before the great dust bowl days. Many feet of soil was simply blown away when they plowed under the buffalo grass to grow wheat. Then it stopped raining and the wind started blowing. I have been 100 foot up in an oil derrick and seen these things coming in out in west Texas from the cotton fields of new Mexico and the pan handle. Time to get out of the derrick as the wind kicks up to 70 mph in no time and the temperature drops big time. Sometimes from 60 to 20 in less than 15 minutes. For fruit trees you can plant them in rows in the garden but give space and select dwarf or semi dwarf trees. Your going to be pruning them anyway. You can even do the aspalier training to make better use of your space. No law says they have to be a tree. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...q4ZGKpReY8q0rw Run your grape trellises and fruit tree rows from south east to northwest.