June 9, 2026

The topworked grafts that I did around the farm are all leafing-out now. Yours should be too. Go check them out. The tiny green leaves should be emerging from the scions. These are the bark grafts done almost exactly four weeks ago. It looks as though we had excellent luck this year. Maybe even 100% take. No need to do much with them now except imagine the new and interesting fruit we’ll get in the future. At some point later in the season the young growth may get long and leggy and might benefit from an improvised splint to keep it from breaking off. But not now. Now it’s time to marvel at yet another miracle on the farm.