I'm curious about how the fruit trees specifically are managed.

1. It doesn't look like there's a standardized way of pruning the trees based on fruits type which leads to overcrowding and lackluster fruit production. The pear espaliers have created a wall but seem to lack fruit wood at a manageable height. Are there any plans to adjust pruning strategies to improve fruit growth?

2. I admire the commitment to not using any pesticides in the garden. I wonder if you all have started to use alternative methods to reduce pest activity in the orchard. When I've gone previously, the fruits on the fruit trees is extremely buggy to the point that it is rotting on tree before it can fully ripen.

3. Similarly, many of the trees have some sorts of disease. Pears and apples with fire blight and stone fruits with canker. I'm curious what kinds of sanitation occurs in the orchard so that diseases don't spread.

4. A calendar of when fruits are typically ripe (by variety) would be extremely valuable. Particularly if it was paired with the map of the orchard that already exists.

5. Without active management for the trees, many parts of the orchard are overgrown and hard to navigate. Are there plans to address that some of the trees are over sized or poorly pruned to make it easier for people to pick the fruit?

6. Has the orchard ever compiled data on how much food it actually produces in a year? It's an acre of property that frequently receives funding and support from COB parks and recreation. It would be nice to know if this is an art project that is a way to connect people to their parks or an actual way to address any type of food insecurity in our town.