Today in the orchard
The cold temperatures continued, but the rain held off until evening. Zack Kaiser and Ryan Travers of Absolem Cider in Winthrop came over to dig a couple dozen cider-apple trees to plant at their cidery. Digging season is now officially over. Later Cammy and I hand-pollinated one of two Frostbite trees that I bagged several days ago. We used pollen from Black Oxford, Gray Pearmain and Westfield-Seek-No-Further. I collected more pollen from all three cultivars that I’ll use next week on a second Frostbite tree. A highlight today was seeing a Scarlet Tanager in the Finley Lane Orchard. They are rare and so red.
“There’s no limit to the things that you can do”, Sun Ra.
We also celebrated Sun Ra’s birthday today by listening to the 24-hour, Sun Ra music extravaganza on WKCR radio. “Somebody else’s idea of things to come need not be the only way to vision the future!”
