Isaac Lawson

Thanks for all the replies everybody. The Maple is over 70 years old so its going to stay and the apple tree is just far enough away that thinning the Maple wont do anything. I don't have any fresh dead bodies so burying bones is out too; looks like it's for decoration and try to use the root stock idea S. Bengi gave. There are a lot of different types of apple trees in the area (including a very big creepy knarly old one in a swamp that was here before a fire a 100 years ago that took the town) so for me the idea of identifying the apples is beyond my know how.

I moved into my grandmothers house 3 years ago after she passed away and she used to garden a lot and had a couple Maple trees and 2 Apple trees. One Apple tree was cut down and the other is in the shadow of one of the Maples for a big part of the day. The tree is was apparently rescued from a compost pile about 10 years ago. It is only about 8 or 9 feet tall and 3 people holding hands could surround its branches. The trunk in only about 6 inches around. It produces about 10 or 15 small mutant red bitter apples (3 can fit in the palm of your hand). What I am hoping for with this paragraph is to see if anyone knows what I can try to help this tree, types of fertilizer, more water? It gets what water nature gives it and I pruned it last year and it has already grown back. Right now it has about 12 blossom clusters. I am in Northern Michigan (Not the U.P.) if that is helpful. Thanks for any help.

I am new here but I agree with Tyler Alex, also when it comes to prepping would it not be better to be able to hunker down instead of expose yourself by wandering around? Sure protect what you have but them not wanting to learn how to be self sufficient just seems idiotic...community is strength especially in a black swan event...check out Hugelkultur on this site looks pretty easy and fast.

Hiya...I am new to growing...period. I am seeing in this forum a lot of awesome info. One that caught my eye was about plants that like acidic soil and that cedar and juniper would be good for that. My question is what forum would I read to find out which plants grow best in what conditions? I recently moved to Michigan and the soil is sandy except near the swamps where it is black and I can get dirt from the plow ridges formed over the winter in my truck. I used to have a wood burning stove in my last house and they didn't want my 13 cords of Maple and Birch so I brought it with me. What could I plant in that kind of condition...the wood is already 3 years old. My wife likes Honeydew melons so growing those first so she isn't mad about me digging up the yard would be a plus if anyone has a suggestion lol. Thanks for being here.