With the help of a friend, I planted two chestnuts on either side of the maple in the front yard, four jostaberries along the north side of the yard and a big russian quince in the backyard.

My hope is that the chestnuts are offset enough from the maple to allow enough sunlight in and as they grow trim the maple; with the eventual result of cutting down the maple. The jostaberries should also have enough sunlight and be able to handle the wind in the winter and help define the yard. The russian quince's placement should allow for nearly constant sun as it is tall enough to be out the roof's morning shadow and conversely throw a nice afternoon shadow on the back of the house.

I still need to build a kiwi trellis, plant the kiwis (blake, hayward and fuzzy male), the two pawpaws and a persimmon. I'll also would like to build some cold boxes as season extenders.