Today in the orchard
Dave Fulton with one of his discoveries, November 2024
It has finally started to warm up in central Maine. Most of the snow is gone in our Finley Lane Orchard although in the woods there’s still some snow cover. Mud Season is almost here. This morning a large flock of grackles and one redwing blackbird showed up at our bird feeder. I love the thought that they were flying overhead, looked down and saw our place: “Dude! Check that out! Looks like an awesome spot to drop in and bulk up on some sunflower seeds!”
I decided it was time to cut the rest of the scionwood we need for this spring’s grafting. It was a long day. Cammy helped in the afternoon. Dave Fulton stopped by to cut scions of some of the rare, English cider apples we’ve imported from the UK over the past decade. Dave is assembling an impressive collection in Blue Hill.
