TODAY IN THE ORCHARD

We worked all day in the high heat up at Finley. I scythed until about 4 PM when I had to quit and go lie down. Somehow Laura hung in there for another hour and completed another row of neeming and weeding. Seth the bee-keeper came by to check on the bees, most of whom were out of their hives and massing on the hive-walls. It was even too hot for them. Olivia, our next-door neighbor with the awesome Golden Russet tree I grafted about 25 years ago, stopped by to get some neem oil and a lesson in apple genetics. She wants to plant a bunch of apple trees next spring. We hope that all of them will come from Finley.