Warmest weather of the year. The plum flowers are fading. Asian pears are at full bloom. The Trailman, Redfield, Tea crab and Niedzwetzkyana are full , and a hundred other apple cultivars are not far behind. It looks like time-lapse photography out there. New apples opening practically every hour. Maybe every minute.

Collecting Redfield pollen, May 18, 2026

Laura came over in the morning, and we wrestled the sprayer onto the tractor together. A true team effort. Cranked it up, and it works good. Later Cammy and I both planted perennials near the house and out in the BRC orchard. I also moved a couple of apple seedlings in the BRC to “better” locations. (Is that arrogance or what?). One of the two was growing out of the fence, and the other was in a path where it surely would have been stepped on or mowed. Later I grafted onto plum rootsuckers in the old orchard and up at Finley Lane. Ended the day collecting Redfield pollen for the hand pollinating in a few days.