Today in the orchard
Training the farm-workers of the future, July 24, 2025
I worked mostly alone on the Farm. I spudded (peeled) logs to be used in future building projects, cut a few dozen “Y-shaped” saplings to use as braces for holding up sagging fruit-tree branches, made some herb teas to spray on the fruit trees, prepared to set out Apple Maggot traps and watered transplants in the orchard.
The highlight, however, was late in the day when I brought out one of our vast fleet of tractors (the Troy-bilt TB30B). I was joined by our latest intern and potential employee of the future. Chance (age 9 almost 10) hopped on the TB30B and mowed a sizable portion of the front yard. He did a great job. We hope to have our grandson full-time in the orchards ASAP.
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