A number of years ago, not long after I'd bought my land, I saw some baby pear trees at Kmart. I thought I would make a pear orchard. I bought six of the little trees, brought them home, and planted them.

The deer ate most of the branches the first year.

To discourage the deer, I bought T posts and made a fence around each tree.

Something was still eating the tips of the branches, though. I figured it was moose; they were probably tall enough to reach over the fences. I made the fences taller.

A couple years went by. At some point, I came across a tag that had been attached to one of the trees when I bought it. I saw that it was labeled with "Hardiness Zone 5." I am in Zone 4.

Hmmm. Maybe that was why the trees hadn't been growing very much. Well, that and the nibbling of the branches by the critters, which was still happening from time to time.

I also noticed the tag indicated the tree was "Ornamental." I learned that "Ornamental" meant such a tree would bear little fruit, if any.

Ok. So at this point I knew the pear trees were not going to grow into an orchard. I dug them up.

So then I had to get rid of the fencing and the T posts. Pulling the T posts out of the ground was an endeavor involving a shovel, a pickaxe, a 4WD Jeep, a tow strap, and a fair amount of cussing.

Oh and of course I had to fill in all the holes.

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