Bart,
Thanks for alerting me to Kuhn Orchards. Somehow I had never heard of them before.
They have a nice set of vids I’d never seen before. Looks like a great operation:
I frequently visit Boyer’s Nursery, which is located close to Kuhn’s.
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Rainy day here in PA. Spending my time cleaning and sharpening pruners and my grafting knife!
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I buy a lot of Honeycrisp early in the season…it always seems like i buy too many then i run out by December and wonder why i didn’t buy more. Next year.
Had a great day adding scions to my existing fruit trees.
One night and the coons dug up my sweetcorn seed. He better not come back tonight. If he does I’ll have marshmellows and a trap waiting.
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I find sardines in soybean oil to be effective for coons but it can also draw cats and skunks
Dang, Bill! Did you luck out and manage to escape the icy blast that just cleared out of here this morning? Are your trees already leafed out?
Muddy. We had beautiful weather today. I know most of you wait until the tree starts to leaf out before grafting and it probably yields better results but I starting grafting long before I learned the proper season for doing it. Winter grafting is great to brighten my days during the cold season. I hope I don’t have to eat crow when I say this but the winter w&t graft have a reasonable success rate (95% or better). As I get into stone fruits I suspect that after the trees start t leaf out will be better timing. Winter grafting is cheaper that therapy. Bill
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I wish I could say it was a great day here in RI. Yesterday it was 3 degrees above 0 and today it was 52 degrees F with rain (melting 90% of the snow) pouring rain and wind that won’t quit. I called it a day at 7:30 tonight and took my laptop up to my bedroom, where you can hear the ocean crashing a block or two away from my house. That plus the wind, I feel as if I’m in a roaring wind tunnel. I say Uncle. Please let this be over! I’m going to relax and look at pears in Italy. (on the internet). 
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I forgot to mention that my only tree with buds swelling is the Orient pear.
Ah! That’s more like the status I’d expect in mid-Feb. The way the last four seasons have been, I wouldn’t have been shocked. Surprised, yes, but not shocked. The unexpected and unusual have been the norm.
Since Scott has upgraded the storage, I’ll fill it up 
My grafts are all waking up
Van Cherry
Brooks Cherry
Santa Rosa Plum
Afghanistan Apricot
Korean Giant Asian Pear
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I hope your Tomcot and Gingergold take well.
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Looks like your having fun already. It’s going to be a couple months yet for me. Looking good!
Fruitnut,
I use the electric fencer. The message is very clear when they get shocked they won’t come back.
I was out in my orchard checking my fruiting spurs and buds. I will be able to finally cut scion wood this weekend. Many of my peach blossoms but are toast. Last weeks nights of freezing temps really did in quite a few flower buds. Ugh. My Reine Claude is fabulous as are my Mirabelles, My Italian plum seems to have half the blossoms it had last year as does my cherry. The apples, pears and apricots are good. Some of my blackberries never lost their leaves this year. Knock wood, no deer or rabbit damage thus far. I am lucky. The orchard is looking healthy but with fewer blooms due to cold. ‘You can have a lot but not all at once!’.
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What were your lows during the cold spell, Mrsg?
Really? Are they already blooming, surely not. How do you know they are toast? Didn’t think you got that cold but maybe I missed it.
That sucks big time 
Let’s hope nature has only done the thinning for you and you get big sized fruit in the end. 
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