Good news, there is a warm up coming this weekend and next week. They say on St Patricks Day we should reach 50 degrees out. Right now it's cold, last night we had -18.
I haven't begun to start any seeds inside yet but have been doing a lot of planning for the spring projects, way too many this year.
Ron had 3 surgeries over winter and Joel thought he had to have knee surgeries but dr said no..so it will be ME again doing everything...used to that.
We have 1 1/2 cord of firewood left so may have to cut down a dead tree at Joels to make it thru the heating season. We had 19 cord (ordered 30 but our wood guy got ill).
All of my seeds are heree waiting on planting but I have some trees, shrubs and vines yet to come. I also ordered an omega grafting tool this year so I can have better luck grafting trees, so far my luck has been pitiful.
Hoping our -24 and -27 overnight temps all Feb didn't kill all of our trees buds this year..we lost a lot of tree buds last year..and had very little fruit on them. Learning that I have to protect things better. No longer zone 5 here but more likely zone 4..and a lot of our trees are only hardy to zone 5 as that is what all the maps say we are..not.
I'm searching this spring for microclimates for planting my more tender plants and also planning on buildng protection around some of the more tender ones like the paw paw babies and kiwi babies (also read I need to protect kiwi from cats). No wonder all my previous kiwi trials didn't make it.
Already getting some cuttings rooted off of the plants I have growing on the windowsill and in the bathroom (from prunings)..going to try to do a lot more cuttings this year. Last year I put a lot of cuttings just in the ground but not very many took (I try to do a few every year just to try them).
Our 44th year on this land this year..and 13 years since our housefire/build/move stuff year. Things are back to taking shape again but still so many baby stick-farm things to put in again.
Hope to meet some more of the people that read this blog this year..
Metsa raie on viimastel aastatel metsaomanike poolt üha enam tähelepanu pälvinud, kuna hakkpuidu tootjate ja tarbijate arv kasvab. Metsa ABC müüb hakkpuitu otse hakkpuidu tootjatele, mis võib olla oodatust tasuvam, kuna ainsana maksavad hakkpuidutootjad reaalset turuhinda.
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