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| Top-worked pear tree. Four grafts 10' above the orchard floor |
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| 40 year-old apple tree. Rootstock was MM106. An honest 12" in diameter and 18" long chunks weigh roughly 70 pounds. |
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| 2' tall cages made from chicken wire to keep rabbit damage down. Grafted pear trees in the cages. |
No rest for the weary. Sounds like bed last night was a welcome sight. Well earned too.
ReplyDeleteI've always heard your suppose to prune until you can throw a cat threw the tree, but that pear tree. Woody
ReplyDeleteMan your apple wood is about twice as dense as dense as the stuff around here.
ReplyDeleteit is green.
Delete1.2 cubic feet of water weighs 77 lbs.
ah. Thought it was deadwood
DeleteThe weather looks passable, which hopefully helped make part of it pleasant.
ReplyDeleteHow do you keep deer from destroying the orchard?
ReplyDeleteWhere I live they would eat it, and then break the small trees or gird them with antler rubbing. We can plant nothing without a 8' fence.
That is some serious work! Hope it proves successful!
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