Symmetree History

Every year is different and presents different challenges. The years that I was pregnant with my kids were challenging in that it was difficult to get the jobs done that needed doing. The last few years we have just missed late spring frosts, we've had hail which decimated our apple crop, had some winter damage to the trees, had some disease issues across the province, and we've learned an awful lot.

We've made great friends, had great customers who talk about the orchard to everyone they see, and have grown closer to our family.

We've also had duck nests in the orchard, killdeer nests, seen partridge around, rabbits, and have had a lot of geese, ducks, and swans flying over in the spring and fall (not to mention a few military jets).

In 2004, I planted 1020 dwarfing apple rootstock and 120 cherry trees. The cherries looked horrible and lost all of their leaves.

In the fall, I took a budding course at the University of Saskatchewan and purchased budwood from them. We had about 2/3 success with the apple buds growing the following year. The cherries also turned out to be fine to my relief.

I enrolled in the Prairie Horticultural Certificate Program through the University of Saskatchewan majoring in Fruit Production. We have been planting, budding, pruning, and thinning ever since!

We currently have about 600 cherry trees, 130 Saskatoons, and 2600 apple trees.

I graduated from the University of Alberta with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture degree in 2001. I became interested in growing fruit in 2003. I planted my Saskatoon Berries that spring.

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