The scion auctions are over and early access for my supporters on patreon is done, which means scion sales in the webstore are open to the public. This year I was able to add some of my seedling varieties to the store that were in such limited supply last year that they were on auction only. The new additions are, Vanilla Pink, Tomboy Crab, Pinker Lady, Black Strawberry, Integrity, Musketeer and sugarwood. You can read about other apple varieties on my apple varieties description page and the Index for my apple breeding project. Some of these are still at somewhat premium prices, but not like auction prices last year. Pinker Lady is a new release, but I had enough scions to skip the auction phase and put it in the store. I also have some basketry will cuttings and a couple of varieties of grapes.
I also have cuttings for my tree collard selection Peasant King for the first time this year. I’ve been working toward releasing this for a while. Experiments in pre-rooting did not go that well due to various factors (mostly poor maintenance) so I’ve given up on that idea for now. I may revisit in the future as I would much rather ship rooted cuttings. They root reaonably well, but are certainly not guaranteed. In the future when I have more cuttings, I may ship bundles of three or figure out a cheap, easy way to preroot. This first year I just have single cuttings.
Orders placed now will be shipping in early March.
I hope everyone has a great grafting season. My main grafting projects this year are trying creating some trees on their own natural roots (meaning not grown on a rootstock) and frameworking my own varieties onto established trees wherever I can find room, in order to increase scion wood production.
Today is “baking day” though, which is mostly centered around food and domestic stuff. I clean house, make stacks of tortillas or bread, cook large pots of soup to eat for the week and/or freeze for quick meals, preserve food, prep veg for the week so that I spend less time cooking in general. I also sometimes work on the garden and do organizational stuff that I always seem to put off otherwise- so basically home economy stuff. A little strategizing on baking day can make things run a little more efficiently for the coming week and in general.
