Please meet: Banango Bateson!

This is a tree*:

Shhhhh.... he's sleeping....

A newly planted dormant pawpaw tree to be exact. I'm planting the pawpaw for a variety of reasons: it's shade for the future chickens, it's indigenous, it's easy to maintain (assuming he survives the transplant process), it's a tasty fruit...

And the paw paw goes by many names - and I thought Banango was the funniest. And goes well with Bateson. Let's all make him feel welcome, shall we?

*click to enlarge image