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Category Archives: gardening

beautiful solutions to an almost obsolete orchard problem

“The ideal treatment is to prevent the crotch from splitting. This can be done by not having a crotch, or by bracing it before it shows signs of weakness. [A] bolt may be used for this purpose. [or] A living brace may be grown over the crotch, as shown in Figs. 109 and 110 [omitted, [...]

things I haven’t posted about this spring

Johnson’s Winter (York) apple

many homely barometrical signs

at least a couple of things are coming up roses

seedsavers is down!

fresh popcorn, hot damn.

grape harvest 2009!

creamy watermelon!

mannish carrot of the week

to keep chickens from being a nuisance

garden, catnip

good berry