A novice's attempt to get 15 percent of his food from his suburban fifth acre
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 17th, 2010
Based on the last week’s blooms, it looks as though at least one of the Anna Apple branches I grafted to my Gala will take. The buds cracked the protective wax coating and burst through with ease. What an amazing ability: No organ/limb rejection, no immune-suppressing pill regimen — just, “Thanks for the new branch.” [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 15th, 2010
I have been dutifully waiting for the apple trees to go dormant so I could do a little grafting. However, in my waiting for the last leaves to drop I forgot something that I have gloated about on several occasions this winter: the character of my hometown. In San Diego we don’t really get frost, [...]
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