Planting newly grafted trees, May 14, 2026.
Yes, still cool. Cammy and I planted 200 young grafted trees. It was a long day, but we finished by late afternoon, just before the rain started. The trees look happy in their new home. They will live there for two years. Then we’ll dig them. That will be in 2028.
The grafts did well for the most part. Nearly everything took. A few did not but that’s to be expected. Some of the scionwood was less than perfect. It was certainlly not the fault of the grafters!
We timed lunch to coincide with a Cornell Ornithology Lab webinar on bird migration. That was worth the viewing. We learned that most birds migrate at night which may help to explain why we’ve been seeing so many at our feeder and hearing them out in the orchard. They’re chilling out at Super Chilly, waiting for the sun to go down and good flying weather to keep on keeping on.
Many apples now at pink. We’ll have bloom soon.