Logan Shamp, right, and Jaithan Claspell team up to start digging a hole for one of the four fruit trees Southgate Elementary fourth graders planted Thursday afternoon. The trees are part of a project the students undertook to help feed the needy. Anybody walking by will be able to pick fruit from the tree to eat. The trees include two apple trees, one plum tree and one apricot tree. Eric Johnson/eric.johnson@austindailyherald.com

Southgate Elementary fourth grade teacher Ryan Timm and students Josie Johnson, left, and Khloe Hays build a fence aroun a freshly planted tree Thursday afternoon. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com