Buckwheat cover crop coming up after four days

TODAY IN THE ORCHARD

Didn’t get out into the orchards until 7 PM today, but I was immediately reminded that evening is the perfect time to be out with the trees in early August. The light is magical, and the temperature is cooling off but warm enough for short sleeves. The Bee Balm is still a massive bloom though it is beginning to wane, while the Golden Rod is approaching its peak. In the Finley Lane orchard it’s an ocean of pink and yellow. The Boneset is also reaching its peak. The buckwheat we planted four days ago is already up and covering what was the garlic bed. Everything is growing like crazy. I harvested the small crop of Tetofsky, the third apple to ripen. Those will go into sauce in the next couple of days.