Today in the orchard
Lining out the newly grafted trees
Today was overcast and cool, perfect weather for transplanting young grafted trees into the nursery. Skylar, Cammy and I planted about 220 of them 12” apart in three rows. We have one more row to plant, and they’ll all be in the ground. It’s a team effort: we dug a trench about a foot deep and a foot wide, then add compost and some balanced chicken-manure based fertilizer. Once the trench was prepped, Cammy planted, I came along behind her and dragged the soil back in around the trees and Skylar followed and smoothed out the soil, creating a small “dip” around each tree so the water will soak in rather than run off.
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