I also put posts in the ground for my new grapevines yesterday evening. I got some metal posts this go around instead of wood hoping that they will last longer. I also planted an Einset seedless grape vine beside of the Mars and Reliance. I still have room for 3 more grapevines in that area but after that I will be maxed out there…
Finished grafting my last 10 pear rootstocks this past evening. So I now have 20 potted pear trees on Bet, the first round of 10 has a few already showing signs of life! Now the wait begins for these. I still have a couple more apple rootstock left and I am waiting on a couple more scions to arrive that these are reserved for 
After that I will have my rootstock grafting done for the year but I still have some grafting to some trees to do!
Truly, I am enjoying grafting season!
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@Poncho65, did you tie your parafilm off at the end? I cant quite tell. Trying to improve my process 
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No, the parafilm I used is staying on very well with me just stretching it and wrapping it. I do press the last little bit of it to make sure it sticks. Other than that I am new to this so who knows if I will have sucess or failure in the end… 
@Rosdonald
Also I need a pic for an update but my cherry tree cuttings are looking kind of rough now I brought them outside hoping that it might help them when the weather was cloudy and rainy but they look aboit the same as when I took them out. After I get a pic this evening or tomorrow I would love to hear some feedback or ideas on it…
thx for info!
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Maybe you don’t have enough?? I bet a lot of us look less crazy to our neighbors with there perfect inedible lawns right now
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Here is an update on those 2 cherry tree cuttings. There is still a chance for them but not sure if they will make it or not…
Zoomed in a bit more close on the bigger one.
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Totally look less crazy at the moment 
I live in the country though and the planned orchard won’t look to out of place by the road. It will face a pretty good sized farm that is across the road from me.
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I am thinking… that’s a LOT of holes to dig or mounds to build to get all of those planted! I always think more trees is a GREAT idea… until I go out and have to prepare places for them all. Then I wonder 
, “What was I thinking???” 
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It will be a lot of holes… 
I have til late Fall/Winter to get it done.
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That’s good, you can pace yourself! You must be excited to get such a large number of trees placed in your orchard. Once they are in the ground, things really start taking shape!
I am working on building mounds for me peach, apricot, apple and pear trees that will be arriving in about 3 weeks. I am only half done. The weather does not want to cooperate!
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Hey Philip, When your not sure just how many trees you have that’s when you know you’ve gone “overboard”. 
I am pretty sure that I have 221 varieties but have several trees of some varieties.
Have some “exciting” scion to graft this spring so I’m not done yet.
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It is for sure exciting! Good luck with ppanting all of those mounds @KSprairie ! I love the idea of all those trees and it would be awesome to have that many varieties and I will strive to have to many to count @greyphase
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Here the pics of my step by step of the topworking of my callery pear.
First is the before pics
Then I cleared out around it
Next I cut it down to size
Then I started grafting to it
Then finishing up and making all the grafts water tight
Now the wait begins to see how I did!
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I also made some raised beds today. I had enough 2X10s to make 2 of them but I had to buy the wood for the other 4.
Now all I need to do is put cardboard in the bottoms of them and add dirt. That will be for another day. I am just glad to have finished making them!
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Do you dig these in at all or do you have them on the surface? I should have used cardboard in more of mine. Despite digging a couple feet down and tilling the dirt the grass still is able to push up 12 inches and sprout
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You might if it keeps raining!
Wow, that’s a lot of trees. Your cherry looks good to me.
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They are just on the surface. I will line the bottom with cardboard and if I ever get enough I am going to put carboard between them and around the outside a few feet and mulch them.
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