Spring scene at Cross Timbers Homestead

🌳 Orchard · planted 2026 · North Texas

A young orchard,
on a slower clock.

Fruit and nut trees chosen for North Texas heat, drought, and clay soil. Not producing at scale yet — but intentional, and growing.

The orchard, honestly

Young trees. Old pecans. A long view.

In 2026 we planted a young orchard chosen for North Texas heat, drought, and clay soil — peaches, apples, pears, nectarines, plums, and elderberries. The native pecans on the property are a different story: mature trees, already producing, here long before we were.

What's planted

The full inventory.

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Peaches

  • · Red Globe Peach
  • · Harvester Peach
  • · June Gold Peach
  • · Ranger Peach
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Apples

  • · Red Delicious Apple
  • · Gala Apple
  • · Fuji Apple
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Pears

  • · Kieffer Pear
  • · Moonglow Pear
  • · Moonglow Semi-dwarf Pear
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Nectarines

  • · Surecrop Nectarine
  • · Rose Princess Nectarine
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Plums

  • · Santa Rosa Plum
  • · Methley Plum
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Nuts

  • · Native Pecan

Mature trees, pre-existing on the property. Here long before we were.

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Berries

  • · Elderberries

Why these varieties

Heat, drought, clay — picked for here.

Texas chews up trees that were bred somewhere milder. These varieties were chosen because they tolerate heat, need fewer chill hours than most northern stock, and have a track record in our region. We'd rather plant trees that will still be here in 20 years than trees that look impressive on a nursery list.

The orchard isn't separate from the rest of the farm — it's part of the same whole. Trees build soil, shade animals, hold water, drop fodder, and feed people. Just on a slower clock than the pastures.

Follow along

Not for sale yet — just growing.

Not at commercial scale, not for sale yet. Just documenting what's in the ground.

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