This morning and yesterday morning were cold. - both in the vicinity of 20F. Fortunately the trees are still dormant. No flower damage yet. It warmed up by mid-morning, and the day was glorious. It was the perfect day for a Tree Sale.

Every year we graft back-ups, replacements and additions for the farm. We also graft special orders for enthusiasts and historians, and have been helping to create a Maine historic orchard at the Governor’s house in Augusta. Some of the trees we graft get to stay here on the farm but many are destined for destinations unknown. Today we hosted a Tree Sale in the hopes of selling the remaining extras.

Cammy greeted the customers and guided them through our list of rare, unusual and sometimes bizarre varieties. Then Skylar and I dug trees on-order. We had a steady stream of customers most of the morning and into the afternoon. In the end Maine will have a bunch more delightfully-strange apples to balance out the normality of the Honeycrisps, McIntoshes and Cortlands that have unfairly dominated the orchards of the state for too long