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[lindalouly]

Just stopping by today to say happy valentines to all my friends. Xoxoxo

 

[kwhites634]

Just stopping by today to say happy valentines to all my friends. Xoxoxo

U2 Linda
Happy Happy Happy

 

[ChickaLong]

Pancakes look yummy. Do you have them with yogurt?

Saw you were thinking of caponizing and that you have someone to show you. That's great I've tried it with dead roosters a couple times now. Highly recommend doing that first. Let's just say my first attempt would have killed the rooster anyways. I'm still going to attempt it live but all eligible roosters are in the freezer.

The first 2 I did a couple of years ago turned out good. Not very good luck since then. Either I get the vein or I miss some of it.

 

[LocalYokel]

 

[LocalYokel]

I thought it was illegal to sell babies!

Some agencies still get away with it

 

[LocalYokel]

Yea I'm waiting for it to warm up a bit before going outside!!!

Speaking of fruits and nuts. I pruned most trees this weekend and fertilized them as well. More to do today. Apples are next. I did get some grafting done with the new tool my brother showed me. It works great. Much better cuts than with the pocket knife. Also going to try grafting tomatoes with it.

Let me know how it works out.

 

[LocalYokel]

Is it possible to graft one specie onto another, ie. a pear to, say, an apple, to get 2 fruits from 1 tree?

I have heard of these.

They sell multifruit trees down here

They dont always do the best

 

[LocalYokel]

We keep ours like the commercial orchards in our area do, they're espalier pruned and kept pretty much the same height and shape their whole lives.

Sort of like this:



Only difference is that they're completely freestanding. I've seen trees that are twenty years old in the monastery orchard that are still the same size and shape as you'd see in the fields..

Thats fricken awesome

 

[Pensmaster]

I have heard of these.

They sell multifruit trees down here

They dont always do the best

And if you're not careful pruning off the grafted parts is very easy to do.

 

[chicken hawk 33]

The last egg still hasn't pipped