I'm also slowly getting my bareroot trees planted. I have them packed in damp shredded newspaper while they wait their turns. I want to baby my trees without messing up my back and shoulder again, so I'm limiting my planting to 2 trees per trip. That way I can carry the soil supplements for each tree, and take the time to dig a nice roomy hole.
I brought a friend along on my last trip out to my land. He's a photographer, so he spent most of his time glued to the viewfinder. I was thinking of investigating that grave on my land, but wanted someone along because it's just too creepy. He took one look at it and decided he really didn't want to know what was at the bottom! I guess I'll have to work up the nerve to do it myself. After I'm done planting trees, though.
My strawberries are covered in little green berries now, and my raspberries have blossoms on them. On the land, my pea shrub has very pretty flowers on it again, but it won't have a pollinator so I won't know what the peas are like until hopefully next year. When I planted it I didn't realize I needed two, but this year I've planted a second one nearby, so that’ll fix that. I like the idea of a perennial protein source.
Mom's irises are blooming, I love that smell!!!