So, update us =~.^=

Haven't talked to you in a Coon's age... oh wait =^.~=

Pressed the wrong key but the update should be there now.

Hope you get good peaches from your tree. I love freestone peaches but I don't see the Fay Elberta variety in the grocery stores. You will have to update us on the fruit when the tree produces a crop.

I won't have anything 'till next year if it goes like the other trees I planted.
May even be longer. The one apple has Braeburn, Fuji, Jona Gold and Gala apples grafted to the same tree. Last year only the Braeburn had fruit. This year I have blossoms on some others. The Golden Delicious tree has had fruit for about 3 years now. Three years ago I planted a grafted pear; it had three types of Asian pears on what looks like a Bartlet tree stock. Last year the Asian pears had so many two branches broke. From the blossoms it looks like the splints I put on saved them. I have installed support to prevent it happening again. I have five apricot trees that I grew from seeds taken from fruit I got at the grocery store. Last year one gave some fruit. This year another one is setting fruit.

Not all has been success though. I have tried two figs, Black Mission and Brown Turkey; both have died. It may be the place I put them.

I had a peach come up from a seed in my compost pile. Transplanted it three years ago and it gave small hard fruit the last two years. About 3 or 4 each time. Most died out this year but a new branch is budding out from the base.

Don't know what a 'ductless <brand> system' is but I can only hope it'll cool your place some.
Can't be good for one's health to suffer through such heat.

Ductless has one outdoor compressor and multi indoor units. Instead of the cool air being ducted through the house they place a fan and coil in each room you want. The freon is then sent from the compressor to each unit that is on and each room is separately controlled. So far it's working well.

Aha! That makes sense.
In Dutch that would such a system is called 'split unit' (seems we like to use English words but come up with our own wording anyway
TO have such a thing will be real nice, I've one small unit installed myself.
If you want to get -say- 4 units indoor you'll need a serious fan outside (um, and a quite some cash).
Hope you got a good deal on it!

They do call the indoor units 'mini-splits' and I have four. Three bedrooms and the living room. The outdoor condenser is very quiet. I have been next to it when it came on and all I heard was the click of the fan relay. It's about three feet by three feet and about eighteen inches deep. Each split has its own control so if we are not in the room we can leave it off and still have the others. Not too hot yet but come July, August and September it will be as you should remember from your time out here. September is the worst with the humidity from the thunder storms. That's when I will know how well they will work. I have seen temps of 114F here in summer, and 14F in the winter.