#grafting a block of choke cherry grafted over to assorted prunus. some are double worked onto a Toka or American plum interstem. the idea is to grow out flush of budwood and scion wood to serial graft, and also softwood for rooting. Also to trial compatibility. #propagation

making a jersusalem artichoke seed garden, I’ve brought in tubers and seeds this year to have a variety of plants and improve chances for pollination. #jerusalemartichoke

candles on the Scott’s pine by the pond, and Schmaven helping with the grass. these conifers in the orchard are going to be kept small #niwaki style #wildlifepond

peppers growing in red solo cups under lights. Smaller pots than they say you should use, peppers are doing fine and ready to plant outside. #growingpeppers #gardening

Virginia creeper from seed some time in March. they’re up to the ceiling and still in small 2.5” pots. I would say you can get plants the size the garden centers sell in a just few months from seed. #virginiacreeper #propagation

chums started from softwood cuttings last summer. ready to trim and propagate. chum is an abbreviated of Cherry plum, a hybrid prunus species producing small plums in a bush #propagation

softwood cuttings that have rooted, been potted up and moved to a misting shade tent to continue rooting and harden off. #propagation

toka plum grafted onto choke cherry in just it’s second growing season, an unusual combination I’m trialing to make use of the wild P. virginiana and add biodiversity #grafting #plumtree

haskaps hardened off and going in the ground. these rooted a couple of weeks ago and had some part shade and gradually less mist, last move is into full sun a few days. new leaf growth is good, the new ones will handle hot and dry full sun. #propagation #haskap #honeyberry

Own root plum trees getting planted out. #propagation #plumtree #treenursery

vitus riparia, riverbank grapes. they’re the most cold hardy one, no special treatment or winter protection in -40C #grapes