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-- april 2026 --
$ 2026.04.27 mon
test post on the new system
$ 2026.04.27 mon
Hazelnuts sprouting
$ 2026.04.24 fri
$ 2026.04.21 tue
Couple of row covers and some incandescent Christmas lights kept these couple of trees about 10 degrees warmer than o...
$ 2026.04.20 mon
$ 2026.04.19 sun
Future cider
$ 2026.04.19 sun
Half of my apples are blooming and here comes the freeze. ð
$ 2026.04.18 sat
$ 2026.04.16 thu
And it's the first apple to bloom, even before Maypole.
Idared X OP 2022 - 4
Idared X OP 2022 - 4
$ 2026.04.13 mon
Red wood, leaves, and buds. Good chance it will be a red fleshed apple?
$ 2026.04.12 sun
Pea mutant in the gutter peas
$ 2026.04.04 sat
Red leaved seedling apple going to bloom this year. 4 years old on its own roots.
Idared x OP 2022 - 4
Idared x OP 2022 - 4
$ 2026.04.04 sat
Eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) from my county extension for about a dollar and a half a piece. Felt like robbery,...
-- march 2026 --
$ 2026.03.29 sun
Apple grafting day. Bench grafting for a new cider row in the orchard and top working some existing trees.
Trying ou...
Trying ou...
$ 2026.03.20 fri
$ 2026.03.20 fri
Happy Spring Equinox
$ 2026.03.10 tue
Perimeter defenses deployed. 𤣠Trying all the non toxic ways to deter the upcoming slug onslaught. Can't hurt at l...
$ 2026.03.09 mon
$ 2026.03.08 sun
Pussy willow catkins. Another sign of spring.
-- february 2026 --
$ 2026.02.23 mon
Snowing outside, but its time to start onions, leeks, and cabbages.
$ 2026.02.21 sat
Wonder who did that lol ð
$ 2026.02.16 mon
Hazel catkins
$ 2026.02.02 mon
$ 2026.02.01 sun
-- january 2026 --
$ 2026.01.24 sat
Stay warm out there.
$ 2026.01.15 thu
Winter is back
$ 2026.01.10 sat
Top dressing the raised beds with chicken compost...in January. Climate change is something else. It was 60°F / 15...
$ 2026.01.09 fri
Germination testing 3 year old saved onion and leek seeds.
Rossa di Milano onions
Bulgarian Giant Leeks (overwintere...
Rossa di Milano onions
Bulgarian Giant Leeks (overwintere...
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