Been working/adding other things.

 Been planting new pears and plums. Hoped the new Golden and Methley Plums would still bloom while my Mariana was in bloom. Golden just missed it. Maybe they will sync in next year.

So now that we have Bartlett and Moonglow; we have some scions to top work them. Fansil, Warren and Diamond are coming courtesy of Fusion power (poster name} from growing fruit. And a stick of Summer Blood Birne pear is coming on my apple order from Peninsula Fruit Club in the Northwest.

Not much activity on apples other then ordering more grafting tape and picking up 2 more truck loads of biochar soil to build my soil mix from.

Other things included a large patch of potato eyes covered with weathered goat manure/hay. We have 3 long wooden planters awaiting seeds and bulbs. I could not resist a pack of Rhubarb to plant in one. 

Been walking the plants journaling progress. Leafing, initial bloom, full and end bloom. Can't wait to get grafting. Though I will likely be short on apple rootstocks.  Hate to order just 10 and pay twice that in freight.

I noticed Rural King has all the wrong type of apples for around here{high chill hours}. But their Degroot trees are quite large for just $14.99 each. I may just buy a pair and park a few grafts on them for now.

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