August 25, 2008
This weekend coming up we have cleanup in the orchard and around the vines. Lots of field to cut and corn to pick.
The apple trees look great other than still finding some sinking in the planting holes that drop the graft below the surface level. I’m fixing these as I find them.
The vines on the other hand are still struggling to make the wire. The late May freeze did significant damage and though I had hoped for full recovery, it didn’t happen.
Of the 200 trees we have planted in the last two years, we lost one. Of the 500 vines, we have lost around 10. Most have been victims of the weed whacker!
The trellis is up though we still have to anchor the end posts and string the wires.
The town planning office is OK with our plans and we are selecting our builder for the barn this week.
Next week, I’ll publish our construction plan.
I saw a Crane this past weekend. What an amazing bird of surprisingly large size. I didn’t know they were in the area of the state, but I’ve seen this same bird in the pond three or four times this summer.
August 16, 2008
What an awesome day on the hill…….. This is the property as seen from across the road. If you look close, you can see the trellis.
