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I am looking into buying a property with the intent to plant an orchard. However the place that fits most of my wants, has termites being treated off the back corner of the house. I know that young fruit trees would be at risk for these pests. Does anyone have advice? Would it be better to skip this property? Or are regular termite treatments effective enough to not worry about this issue?

Edit: property in Northern California.

So after completing the composting toilet build, I’ve been running out of time with the borrowed excavator so straight into swales it is.

Forgot to take a a starting photo, but this hill is where the orchard will be and at the bottom will be vege Gardens.

First photo is all the small trees cut and moved to the side, see pile of small trees in photo 5. These will be placed into the Swale when finished to break down over time.

Once I have dug all 2-3 swales (not sure if I’ll do 3 yet) I’ll then get into shaping the mound better getting nice smooth slopes and seeding With nitrogen fixing legumes.

I’ve planted two cultivars of Parsley (common and curly leaf) as well as chervil in my garden and after 2 months only 2 of the dozens of seeds (all curly leaf) have germinated.

Am I doing something wrong? I know it’s winter ATM but we never get frost (or even close).

You can harvest individual leaves with a knife, but what if you want the entire head & crown? I’ve tried to pull the lettuce but plenty of soil comes out with the roots so I wonder if thats good for my planter beds.

Just picked these up and they are like this. Yellowy leaves, little spots and discoloured leaves.