Scions and seeds will be available March 1st in the webstore. I was planning on releasing them Feb 15th, but I’ve pushed the date back so I can get more product done before launch. If you need to do some planning, the scions listed in the webstore now from last year are mostly the same stuff I will have this year too. I will also have some scion wood of a few of my seedling apples available, but I have not figured out how to handle that yet. It will likely be auctioned off as there are limited quantities and a lot of interested parties. I just don’t know how or where yet, but will be figuring that out in the next week or so and let you all know. I will have at least Sugarwood, Cherub and Black Strawberry, but probably others as well.
I have some intentionally cross pollinated apple seed and some open pollinated. Unfortunately, most of a big batch of seed, including a lot of BITE ME! crosses that I made, were hauled off by mice one night while drying on the counter. It was also just a bad apple year, so I don’t have as many seeds as usual. I have a lot more basket willow cuttings this year than last year however.
I still have some vegetable seed too. I’m particularly interested in Zapotec tomato this coming season, as it seemed to display as much late blight resistance last season as the two resistant varieties I grew. i hope to plant several zapotec plants mixed with susceptible varieties to get better information on relative performance and resistance. I’m hoping it wasn’t just a fluke. If it continues to show resistance, I’ll be very happy. It’s hard to find resistant varieties, let alone one that I already love. Check Zapotec out here…
I also hope to get a new batch of awls made by the first. I ran across some beautiful spalted maple for handles which I’ve started turning up on the lathe.
Spalted Big Leaf Maple destined for awl handles. basically it’s attacked by fungus leaving various shades of discoloration and black lines.
As usual, patrons will get early access to the store for a day or two before sales open to the public. Watch for a notification from patreon on the 27th or 28th for a password link for access.
