Thursday, April 26, 2012

Got snow?

On April 24th we had an unusual heavy snow, unusual in that everything was in flower because of the unusually warm spring. We had to brush the snow off the bushes so no branches would be broken. the contrast was quite beautiful,

Wednesday, April 18, 2012



Oh boy, some of us were in seventh heaven with having 150 varieties of heirloom apple scion wood to choose from at this grafting workshop. Some were very rare and impossible to find varieties and some were new varieties. So, all participants donated scion wood which was labeled and displayed then grafting experts disbursed among the tables to share their expertise. The rootstock was available for a small charge. There was great camaraderie who shared a passion for all things apple. We picked up a “jelly flower” but have not been able to find any description of it except for a mention here. If you have knowledge of this apple variety will you let us know?