Today in the orchard
Yesterday’s sloppy mix of snow and rain turned to all snow after dark, and by this morning we had four inches of fluffy snow on everything down to the smallest twig on the apple trees. It was a perfect “winter” wonderland. When the sun broke through about 8:00, it was dazzling. Skylar came over for the day. We began to create a “passport” file of all the apples and pears in the Maine Heritage Orchard. Going forward, each accession will have its own entry including its location in the orchard, a brief history of its rediscovery, DNA results, fruit description and more. After noon we worked on bench grafting apples in the shop. Skylar did only minimal damage to one finger. Meanwhile the snow was rapidly being absorbed into the earth, and by evening most of the ground was once again bare.
