Orchard
Apple Tree Grafts Progress
Well – if not obvious – Im a bit behind on these posts so I’ll do my best to try and be explicit about when I did some of these things as the post date will not align with when Read more…
Orchard
Apple Tree Grafting
Well – my last post was more than a year ago where I talked about grafting apple trees. So it seems to make sense to pick things up with that same topic. I had spent some time at the end Read more…
Plants
Another Grafting Class
While Laura and I had already taken a grafting class at the MN arboretum, I was curious to get more experience so I signed up for a class at Albrecht’s Nursery in Chippewa Falls WI. I was pleased to find Read more…
Plants
Grafting Class
One of the things Im rather anxious to start doing at the farm is planting the orchard and vineyard. I’ve spent the last few years buying books on the various topics surrounding orchards and vineyards but if Im being honest Read more…
Barn
Barn Sash windows
While James has been busy on our barn foundation, I started work on building new sash window frames for the barn. The existing frames are in need of replacement and even if they were still usable we weren’t able to Read more…
Barn
Our Barn
When we started looking for a farm years ago – I had secretly hoped it would be an old farmstead that had an old barn. There’s something incredible to me about the older barns that are still standing after 100+ Read more…