Growing questions including fruit

Posted by LOU from Wi. on April 04, 2015 at 20:48:23 from (174.124.57.27):

We hauled up 3 one ton truck loads of compost today, four more tomorrow for the garden(s). We're working in the first 3 loads tomorrow with the 706 tractor, mostly for potatoes and other veggies.

Tonight we ordered 4 cherry trees, for our zone 3, and one Santa Rosa plum hardy at zones 5-9. I'm thinking about possibilities of getting and keeping the plum to grow. We have one Reliance peach(zone 4-8) growing for 4 years, and it's still going,but growing slow,even with fertilizer spikes and recommended chemical fertilizer.

We're thinking of growing them in a 55 gallon drum for the plum tree and bringing it in the basement for the winter.lol. (May not be kidding).Even thought of cutting a piece of darafoam with a slit for the trunk and putting it on top of the ground to stop the severe freezing we sometimes get,and removing it for spring. Or wrapping the tree in insulation for winter with heat tape and a solar panel for power. We just like growing fruit trees and don't want to move to a warmer zone to do so, any other ideas that would work would be appreciated.
PS, my wife and I wedding anniversary was April 1st. NO JOKE.

LOU

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