Hi August - it's a beautiful day here, as well. Think I'll visit a couple of nurseries and see what they've got in the way of pear trees. Last year we planted a Moonglow and a Seckle - for some reason I thought they would be good "mates" - but they bloomed at different times this year, the Moonglow much earlier than the Seckle. The Moonglow has no babies, and the Seckle only has a couple. Last year the Seckel was covered in fruit, so it must have been pollinated by another tree at the nursery. Maybe it's a bee problem, but the other fruit trees have lots of babies, so I think the pears are just not compatible.
I have made up my mind - next year, I will order bees. I am going to try honey bees - always wanted to try that. Also will get some of those carpenter bees or wood bees or whatever they are called.
