I haven't started digging yet Guy, don't remind me how much work I just bit off! In truth, I am not that worried since almost all of the trees I ordered are the cheapo little tiny ones. Most of them were in the $3 range, so according to you I will only need a $6 hole. I can handle that. Lol.
Here's the list:
2 Timber Black Walnut
2 Black Walnut
1 Bush Butternut
1 Connecticut Early Chestnut
2 Angelo Boitano European Chestnut
1 Dorris Hazelnut
1 Gamma Hazelnut
1 Heartnut
2 Shagbark Hickory
2 Yellowhorn
1 Desert King Fig
1 Black Beauty Mulberry
1 Kreibich Nectarine
1 Nijeseiki Asian Pear
1 Chojuro Asian Pear
1 Orcas European Pear
1 Black Tartarian Cherry
1 Ranier Cherry
1 Shiro Plum
6 Oregon White Oak
4 Oregon Ash
1 Flavor Supreme Pluot
6 Black Locust
I've also got 2 of the Warren Pear George recommended coming from the nursery he recommended.
I do intend to copy George as much as possible, and will certainly plant quite a few in the livestock area. Most of the fruits though will be close to the house, and I've been working on fencing out the chickens so I can get back to mulching and growing edibles underneath the fruit trees. Additionally, my rotational grazing improvements over the last few weeks are going to allow me to start to spread the trees out in areas that occasionally are grazed. I don't quite have the focus and foresight that George does, so a lot of it I'll do by the seat of my pants and then reflect on how I could have done it better with regret. I love that.