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Apricots are blooming and the honey bees like that! |
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Tashkent quince with zero winter dieback. Skorospelka had an inch of dieback. All other varieties died back to the snow line. |
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Seed potatoes. They look pretty good for having been stored in a bucket in our basement all winter. |
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Seven rows of potatoes planted. Potatoes can be planted into really rough seedbeds. |
Trees were fertilized. The orchard was mowed. Plums were grafted to some sweet
P. americana I found growing along Irish Road in northwestern Eaton County. I moved five grape vines, cv. Steuben.
My brother covered mom-and-dad detail today so I could catch up on my outside chores.
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Dad is eating soup well. I know what you are thinking.... |
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We don't feed the Alpo to Dad. We feed it to Dad's dog. She is used to eating six meals a day. |
Blogging will be light tomorrow. I will be driving to Ashland, Ohio and watching Belladonna toss dwarfs. Do they have Highland games (caber toss) for women?
Enjoy and best wishes to Belladonna!
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