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(and it's fun) https://skillcult.com/food-video-gallery daily 0.75 2017-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1440634616841-8VVAVS3UC6VZIZV7S0MF/image-asset.jpeg Food video gallery - Collecting, cleaning, drying and storing black trumpet mushrooms fast, (a.k.a. horn of plenty) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1440634616841-8VVAVS3UC6VZIZV7S0MF/image-asset.jpeg Food video gallery - Collecting, cleaning, drying and storing black trumpet mushrooms fast, (a.k.a. horn of plenty) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454958725546-F34O2EE29EYHWG1A2N95/image-asset.jpeg Food video gallery - Pre-1900 Shelf Stable Apple Butter Recipe, a Lost Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1461425122363-R3C8G3YPH9ZK6AQ3CA0Z/image-asset.jpeg Food video gallery - How to Make Authentic Fermented Hot Sauce, The Real Deal! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454977680044-645REP8PQ5QWY8O7D43L/image-asset.jpeg Food video gallery - BITE ME Michael Pollan! My First Seedling Apple is Tasty! Botany of Error https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1461425020982-82898RU1F5WH1P21KW4I/image-asset.jpeg Food video gallery - Collecting, cleaning, drying and storing black trumpet mushrooms fast, (a.k.a. horn of plenty) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1461425059743-QJY3JF52PTYC65X3B76R/image-asset.jpeg Food video gallery - How to Clean, Cook and Eat Delicious Chicken Feet! With Bonus Kung Fu Chicken Foot Technique! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1478094083941-9OGDLBJCGB31BTVNI3P0/image-asset.jpeg Food video gallery - Chili Powder, A Taste of Summer All Year Long https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1478097689570-D3E5Q85M01VSIOB3ZATR/image-asset.jpeg Food video gallery - Almond Extract From Wild Bitter Almonds, Tasty Cyanide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1478098333355-CACMZMMKXD0DLLBZCPGK/image-asset.jpeg Food video gallery - One Year Old Traditional Apple Butter Still Awesome, Shelf Stable Recipe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1488383186433-09ZLFVZP7YNFODQJQ96A/image-asset.jpeg Food video gallery - Grow The Most Expensive Spice at Home, Saffron https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1488389959347-5F44BEFBFSLDIL9ALXGK/image-asset.jpeg Food video gallery - Maple Chanterelle Mushrooms, My Best Chanterelle Recipe, How to Cook, Candy Caps, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1488390118687-3CXNIVWFZBGTJNEFK96W/image-asset.jpeg Food video gallery - Foraging up Gourmet Mushrooms, Porcini, Coccora, Oyster, Puffballs... https://skillcult.com/blog daily 0.75 2026-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439530437073-K8H1D769MXBWR1M7LB5J/DSC01213.jpg Blog https://skillcult.com/blog/2026/2/20/scion-sales-and-auctions-in-progress monthly 0.5 2026-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/add5e3e1-d79b-4062-85d0-305411d1d48d/Firefly.jpg Blog - Scion Sales and Auctions In Progress - Make it stand out Rubaiyat x King David 13/7 https://skillcult.com/blog/2026/1/2/call-for-my-old-potato-onion-and-shallot-stock monthly 0.5 2026-01-02 https://skillcult.com/blog/2025/12/24/apple-seeds-available-more-than-ever monthly 0.5 2025-12-24 https://skillcult.com/blog/2025/5/6/know-less-to-know-more monthly 0.5 2025-11-29 https://skillcult.com/blog/2025/10/12/tasting-seedling-apples-october-2025-new-varieties monthly 0.5 2025-10-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/d36c07c0-2b95-468a-8d95-b2f343d89618/apple+tasting+oct+25+thumbnail.jpg Blog - Tasting Seedling Apples October 2025, New Varieties - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://skillcult.com/blog/2025/4/12/pollen-is-available monthly 0.5 2025-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/3503be9c-7456-4662-8f64-5dc9461a395f/pollen+bags.jpg Blog - Apple Pollen is Available for Breeders - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://skillcult.com/blog/2025/2/22/scion-sales-are-open-for-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/019dbfe4-f59c-45a4-a1e0-af18a7fb4d82/vanilla+pink+narrow.jpg Blog - Scion Sales Are Open for 2025 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://skillcult.com/blog/2025/2/8/scion-auctions-are-live monthly 0.5 2025-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/dae08ba7-f921-44ba-bb40-88fd4d2926aa/POMEGRANATE+CRAB.jpg Blog - Scion Auctions Are Live - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://skillcult.com/blog/2025/2/5/introducing-pinker-lady-a-new-pink-fleshed-apple monthly 0.5 2025-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/73957d24-6a52-4a79-8fc4-a9c1a8c477e6/548499A0-3F71-4B38-8A8D-4CC70D6AB012_1_105_c.jpeg Blog - Introducing Pinker Lady A New Pink Fleshed Apple - Make it stand out Often very large, fun to eat, pink fleshed Pinker Lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/5979155c-3c2c-4753-9907-1edf3b4784fc/2D2F8DF7-4F4B-4506-A6F8-71E506D72916_1_105_c.jpeg Blog - Introducing Pinker Lady A New Pink Fleshed Apple - Make it stand out This thing is gorgeous, with a pinkish red skin of excellent complexion. 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With thinning, expect some real whoppers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1f2d6269-89e9-4831-ae37-a4160ddd9d3a/Pinker+lady+3.png Blog - Introducing Pinker Lady A New Pink Fleshed Apple - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://skillcult.com/blog/2024/12/11/apple-seeds-available monthly 0.5 2024-12-12 https://skillcult.com/blog/2024/11/22/what-i-would-do-now-in-apple-breeding-part-five-assessing-fruit monthly 0.5 2024-12-09 https://skillcult.com/blog/2024/11/22/what-i-would-do-now-in-apple-breeding-part-4-growing-out-trees monthly 0.5 2024-11-26 https://skillcult.com/blog/2024/11/22/what-i-would-do-now-in-apple-breeding-part-3-germination monthly 0.5 2024-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/a31acbee-5422-4980-bab4-0b6249efb408/Screenshot+2024-11-24+at+9.35.02%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - What I Would Do Now In Apple Breeding, Part 3, Germination - Make it stand out 2-3/8” × 5” anderson bands in trays. These are the ones that did not sprout, which are now back out in the rain to see what will stratify and sprout this winter. I would not use any small size than this band. Larger might be better in some situations, such as if you got an early enough start to grow the trees out larger under artificial light before planting in the spring. https://skillcult.com/blog/2024/11/22/what-i-would-do-now-in-apple-breeding-part-2-pollination monthly 0.5 2024-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/2a462dd0-85ba-483b-b1a3-b7f974cc3544/pollen.jpeg Blog - What I Would Do Now In Apple Breeding, Part 2, Pollination - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://skillcult.com/blog/2024/11/22/what-i-would-do-now-in-apple-breeding-part-1-collecting-and-testing-parents-and-what-to-cross-with-what monthly 0.5 2024-12-09 https://skillcult.com/blog/2024/11/14/apple-trees-of-my-varieties-available-for-the-first-time-ever monthly 0.5 2024-11-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/68f7dc16-63ab-442e-a0af-e6c10a0f044a/Screenshot+2024-11-14+at+7.15.35%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - 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New Seedling Apple Varieties for 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/48e2e330-3a67-4d2d-a8a7-96462e3a5ee3/IMG_4024.jpeg Blog - New Seedling Apple Varieties for 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/55700160-77b6-4df6-9b0e-ec8b73cf1022/Hella+kitty+2.jpg Blog - New Seedling Apple Varieties for 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/76990a00-5579-41e4-b309-21459e203a58/Screenshot+2024-01-05+at+5.12.59+AM.png Blog - New Seedling Apple Varieties for 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/7a5010a1-25a7-4df6-b7e8-eadb222fde3e/AFAA5328-5213-43AA-8EF3-7720E520B4EF_1_105_c.jpeg Blog - New Seedling Apple Varieties for 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/b2e0120a-a220-4acb-a7f5-2d5e2028a302/E8B24B0D-742D-427E-9D64-3E02415AC046.jpeg Blog - New Seedling Apple Varieties for 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://skillcult.com/blog/2024/1/7/apple-seeds-available monthly 0.5 2024-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/5be80c49-91e4-4cd2-82df-e98fe1b5716b/apple+seed+apple.jpg Blog - Apple Seeds Now Available for 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/c08ee0e8-5c17-4b67-811a-92e4d887ebe8/seed+packs.jpg Blog - Apple Seeds Now Available for 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/beaef329-0781-4767-8ba7-998065849d81/black+and+red.jpg Blog - Apple Seeds Now Available for 2024 - Make it stand out New variety for 2024, Black and Red https://skillcult.com/blog/2023/11/4/long-hours-assessing-apples monthly 0.5 2023-11-04 https://skillcult.com/blog/2023/6/13/dont-preserve-food-you-dont-eat monthly 0.5 2023-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/38a7dbd6-87e0-418d-b0c6-495a1725bd26/DSC_0242.JPG Blog - Don’t Preserve Foods That You Don’t Actually Eat - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/dc85f95c-51bb-4f42-825e-a8c505e6cb52/IMG_7048.JPG Blog - Don’t Preserve Foods That You Don’t Actually Eat - Make it stand out Canned tomatoes wih a fresh basil leaf and a piece of roasted pepper are a staple. It is hard to make anywhere near enough of them. I can open a can and just eat them they are so delicious. Canned tomatoes and sauces from the store are just sad by comparison. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/abb34ff1-bd98-4980-a6f1-cc21ff4140e4/DSC_0151.JPG Blog - Don’t Preserve Foods That You Don’t Actually Eat - Make it stand out Canning artichoke hearts is a production. A years supply is a significant investment in time, but worth it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/e2c2a906-a8e3-43a2-ae3a-9a8745aa729f/DSC_0174.JPG Blog - Don’t Preserve Foods That You Don’t Actually Eat - Make it stand out Looks amazing, tastes delicious. This is a marketable product for farmers markets and farm stands. One taste and they will come back for more. Hoping to put up a lot of it this year. A couple of crepes filled with this stuff is a perfect before bed snack. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/e0fec4e5-a26d-4e4b-b24f-b5f3f4158461/IMG_1084.JPG Blog - Don’t Preserve Foods That You Don’t Actually Eat - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/5bd0f9b4-baa0-4105-8b34-b55947a54dfd/DSC_0204.JPG Blog - Don’t Preserve Foods That You Don’t Actually Eat - Make it stand out I will usually roast peppers for salsa. I also put a small piece in each jar of canned tomatoes. Any extra get frozen in small jars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/87854f60-759b-4f09-a535-da0995f3287b/DSC_0027.jpg Blog - Don’t Preserve Foods That You Don’t Actually Eat - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/dbcdac33-5367-4e10-a4f8-d573f9c1619e/DSC_0643.JPG Blog - Don’t Preserve Foods That You Don’t Actually Eat - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/4e8f8cb5-47e4-4ad7-878c-5dd7dd920278/DSC_0280.JPG Blog - Don’t Preserve Foods That You Don’t Actually Eat - Make it stand out Tomatoes are easy to dry in hot sun with the skin side down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/38038760-3e3b-4f1e-b8ad-a3e5b9c36b8b/DSC_0111.JPG Blog - Don’t Preserve Foods That You Don’t Actually Eat - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/23942b90-3f0b-49b0-b68a-0ac24fe99fd7/saffrons+11.jpg Blog - Don’t Preserve Foods That You Don’t Actually Eat - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://skillcult.com/blog/2023/4/30/some-updated-info-on-pollinating-apples-for-breeding monthly 0.5 2023-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/bc53dd0a-3564-4e36-85d5-58dc093450eb/Dragonstone+Pollination+microbrush.jpg Blog - Some Updated Info on Pollinating Apples for Breeding - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/043cd010-773e-44cf-a8f1-a7134bf6fe3a/Organza+bag+tree.jpeg Blog - Some Updated Info on Pollinating Apples for Breeding - Make it stand out I started making mass pollinations of branches by wrapping in mesh and clothespinning it together. Organza bags made it easy to bag large numbers of branches and flower clusters. Every size of bag I use is represented in this photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/9bb96574-ac03-4063-9c29-39501e13f5bf/Dragonstone+Pollination+microbrush.jpg Blog - Some Updated Info on Pollinating Apples for Breeding - Make it stand out These micorfiber makeup applicators are also a game changer. I wish they were black to show pollen better, otherwise they seem to work great. https://skillcult.com/blog/2023/4/23/daffodil-breeding-results-spring-2023 monthly 0.5 2023-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/5fb1eeb7-ebb5-4b01-90cc-a79dab203b6a/Daffodil+project+thumb+1.jpg Blog - Exciting Results From the Daffodil Breeding Project - Make it stand out Pollinating Mallee, a variety I picked up for breeding purposes. In this case, I’m adding pollen of a red rimmed poet type, in hopes of getting a red rimmed double. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/d6dfc6c2-84ef-41aa-b2d8-6d650d155b30/bifurcated+daff.jpg Blog - Exciting Results From the Daffodil Breeding Project - Make it stand out Speaking of distinguishing itself. Look at this crazy looking thing. I haven’t seen anything like it before. Next steps, propagate and flower it to see how it performs year to year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/3f375dd5-d26c-4751-9cb9-0ed32281430c/DSC02460.JPG Blog - Exciting Results From the Daffodil Breeding Project - Make it stand out A rose-like double seedling that develops a pink rim as it matures. One of the best so far. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/2506aea8-7930-4dee-8dd2-45d8335498bb/frilly+pink+cup.jpg Blog - Exciting Results From the Daffodil Breeding Project - Make it stand out This smallish pink cupped flower is a little different than the average. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1ca618e6-a23f-458d-92b1-7f08a7c26ebb/audacious+name.jpg Blog - Exciting Results From the Daffodil Breeding Project - Make it stand out Last year, this was the most promising daff I had flowered to date. This year its one flower is disorganized, with lots of tangled elements and notched petals. Otherwise, it is stunning, so hopefully the average flower will be very nice, with few messy flowers like this one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/e2b489e2-1042-4274-be82-45069c033dff/big+pink+wild+trumpet+thing.jpg Blog - Exciting Results From the Daffodil Breeding Project - Make it stand out I like this one. It has a lot of movement with the wild and wavy swept back petals and a nice big trumpet with good color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/c27f6f2a-29f4-487b-976f-a51caac293f5/pink+double+again.jpg Blog - Exciting Results From the Daffodil Breeding Project - Make it stand out Front view of the pink rimmed double. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/39dc6810-45a3-40c5-a405-ec15482e3ccf/orange+rim+yellerish.jpg Blog - Exciting Results From the Daffodil Breeding Project - Make it stand out Interesting one with nice rim effect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/4773793f-c7c7-4b1c-82fc-f629786b3ebb/another+white+split.jpg Blog - Exciting Results From the Daffodil Breeding Project - Make it stand out While many of the split cup offspring come out looking messy and disorganized, I already have a handful of promising ones. I like the idea of breeding with a white split cup like this to try for a red or pink rimmed effect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/7f190fb8-567c-47c6-a26a-f35193418934/nice+young+performer.jpg Blog - Exciting Results From the Daffodil Breeding Project - Make it stand out They can’t just look good, they have to perform well too, preferably without too much pampering. This one has 4 flowers already and is dividing well. Others may divide very slowly, or produce flowers sporadically or even start failing to thrive and dying out in less than ideal conditions. https://skillcult.com/blog/2023/3/19/apple-crosses-im-growing-out-this-year monthly 0.5 2023-03-21 https://skillcult.com/blog/2023/3/14/seedling-scion-auctions-are-live monthly 0.5 2023-03-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/b7229aa6-070e-4baa-82dd-5e5ef8573961/Screenshot+2023-03-14+at+11.02.53+AM.png Blog - Seedling Scion Auctions are Live - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://skillcult.com/blog/2023/3/11/scion-wood-is-available monthly 0.5 2023-03-12 https://skillcult.com/blog/2023/2/10/apple-seeds-available monthly 0.5 2023-02-11 https://skillcult.com/blog/2023/1/31/simple-leaf-duff-mulch-collection-system-multiple-benefits monthly 0.5 2023-01-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1a120bb6-0446-4f20-ae32-2c145cc938dd/leaf+duff+2.jpg Blog - Simple Leaf Duff Mulch Collection System, Multiple Benefits - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/68ff0d4b-6d39-478d-abb6-568f26a2f664/duff+sifting+copy.jpg Blog - Simple Leaf Duff Mulch Collection System, Multiple Benefits - Make it stand out I usually sift duff through a 1/2 inch screen Sifting not only gets out the big stuff, which I still use as mulch on larger plants, but it also breaks up the material for easy and even application. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/b06397f9-5e14-46ea-b9ce-85e22ff89ff3/leaf+dam.jpg Blog - Simple Leaf Duff Mulch Collection System, Multiple Benefits - Make it stand out Leaf dams are not rocket science. Just lay something across slope under a tree that makes a lot of good leaves and wait about 3 years. I will also be trying out shallow trenches and laying the soil into a berm downhill. These hollow areas in the landscape are also good places to lay down brush for cleaning up debris while creating some small animal habitat. https://skillcult.com/blog/2023/1/17/fruit-tree-training-progress-real-life-results-using-superior-methods monthly 0.5 2023-01-17 https://skillcult.com/blog/2022/12/24/lucy-glo-apple-reviewcomparison-and-related-stuff monthly 0.5 2022-12-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/f95c2bc4-ca28-48c8-937b-0cbc4adcb61a/bloodline+top.jpg Blog - Lucy Glo Apple Review/Comparison and Related Stuff - Make it stand out My newest red fleshed apple ticks a lot of boxes. I actually have several potential, excellent names, but I have work to do on that front before revealing. Given this apple and Lucy Glo, both in peak condition, I predict that this apple would win most taste tests. Of course I am biased though. https://skillcult.com/blog/2022/12/11/i-did-it-i-bred-the-red-fleshed-apple-i-want-to-eat monthly 0.5 2022-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/4b5f2840-ec68-4fee-9858-eddae4db7ff5/Bloodline.jpg Blog - I DID IT! I Bred The Red Fleshed Apple I Want To Eat! - Make it stand out While not all of the apples showed this level of red flesh development, it obviously has the potential to be solid through. It is also closer to red than most RF apples that are probably more accurately described as pink fleshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/da8156f1-39bb-45f3-ba12-78b96067b263/bloodline+top.jpg Blog - I DID IT! I Bred The Red Fleshed Apple I Want To Eat! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/f2302077-828b-409c-bab1-9266ec471171/Appleoosa.jpg Blog - I DID IT! I Bred The Red Fleshed Apple I Want To Eat! - Make it stand out This year Appleoosa showed pretty light red flesh development. I have seen a few this year with almost solid through color, but most look like this. But history shows it is capable of being colored all the way through. Typically greater flesh color development equates to increased flavor. This thing is extremely flavorful, even at this level. Of all my grenadine seedlings, this one probably has the most of grenadines fruit punch flavors, and exactly the grenadine offspring I was hoping for to pursue further breeding. https://skillcult.com/blog/2022/10/20/does-axe-handle-grain-runout-matter monthly 0.5 2022-10-30 https://skillcult.com/blog/2022/9/10/making-authentic-pepperoncini-to-eat-all-year monthly 0.5 2022-10-10 https://skillcult.com/blog/2022/9/17/tasting-seedling-apples-mid-september-2022 monthly 0.5 2022-09-17 https://skillcult.com/blog/2022/8/23/daffodil-lust-v-the-blooming monthly 0.5 2022-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/ab7f73c5-b7e9-4931-8dc7-c1763bfb6ce5/P1270341.JPG Blog - Daffodil Lust V: The Blooming! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/4ba48dac-e8f1-4390-8788-b62d15cd3861/P1270341.JPG Blog - Daffodil Lust V: The Blooming! - Make it stand out I really like this flower. It is quite large and in my experience, pretty unique. It has an ethereal quality, translucent, pale and ghostly. The name will be something supernatural/paranormal like Spirit, Ghost, Apparition, Spirit Box, Ethereal etc. Photos do not do it justice. The color is graded and changes over time from yellow, fading into whitish or cream with a yellow rim and other yellow highlights, but the overall appearance is translucent and pale. (see second photo lower down the page). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/27c6077c-91f4-49f6-a23f-ba33e1716841/IMG_2380.JPG Blog - Daffodil Lust V: The Blooming! - Make it stand out This thing has attitude, crazy frilly corolla bits, with deep wrinkles, like some kind of tutu. But what really gives it the attitude is the swept back petals. In this photo it almost appears to have only three petals, because the others are swept back so far. I’m not sure I’ve seen a split cup appearing to have this much forward momentum. It’s a wild child. That might be the name, or Yellow Attitude or Party Girl or something edgy anyway. This girl can’t wait to fly the coop and leave her stodgy home town garden bed for good times broad! Good bulb division and producer of abundant flowers so far. Substance is a little weak compared to some modern heavy substance flowers, but it’s good enough. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/d10dffee-338a-460d-9431-ce1ab111522b/IMG_2933+2.jpeg Blog - Daffodil Lust V: The Blooming! - Make it stand out This is a strange, ethereal and huge flower. It has to be seen in person to rub off right. It’s just weird. Translucent, large, kind of awkward but graceful, like some kind of giant organism that drifts through space living off stardust that happens to float into its corolla. Not sure if this space jellyfish will make it off the homestead, but it’s a keeper for the home place at least. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/efa8675f-e558-44aa-a811-c64395ac2ca5/P1370338.JPG Blog - Daffodil Lust V: The Blooming! - Make it stand out This thing is pretty epic, a very large and substantial split cup, with a very pleasing form and interesting subtle color grading. I was showing my friend Erin around the place when we ran into this for the first time, and we were both like, wow! (picture by Erin Kirschner) I was immediately thinking, “I would buy that from a catalogue”. If it shows to have good performance and consistently high quality blooms, I might pursue patenting and distribution through a large company. Who knows, maybe it will help pay for the new home place. I thought of calling it dominator, but would you believe it, there is already a daffodil by that name! I know, weird, but there are thousands of daff varieties and someone had to name all of them something. Dominatrix is available, but it just doesn’t sit right. Sorry ladies in leather, but as a spanker, not a spankee, I like to send a certain message wink wink. I might have to bust out the thesaurus and go for some other dominating name, like conquerer or conqueress. Seriously, this thing can compete with or beat most of the commercially available split cups I’ve flowered here. Maybe I’ll just call it “The Competition” But it still has to prove itself to perform, divide and flower well, and also show consistency in form. The color does not show well in photos, with yellow fading toward pinkish or peach in the center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/8d62fec7-4374-4237-9920-9643b1a91389/DSC06632.JPG Blog - Daffodil Lust V: The Blooming! - Make it stand out This one is just a very nice, very symmetrical simple yellow flower. It distinguishes itself for those qualities. I’m not a huge fan of these simple yellow daffs usually, but I have two that have stood out of the pack and this is one of them. I don’t have a picture of the other, but it’s very nice,with large forward facing flowers on a super tall stem. I showed this one to a girl that was visiting when it was blooming the first time and she said “It’s perfect”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/8d1fbcd4-241c-42ec-8bc5-91332973d15e/pink+rimmed+double+screen+shot.jpg Blog - Daffodil Lust V: The Blooming! - Make it stand out Here is a crazy psychedelic thing. This is a pink rimmed split cup. The reason it looks messed up is that it bloomed this first time in a weedy, sad bed in the field. Double flowers take a lot of resources, so if the plant is not growing under good culture, they just will not develop all the way. Hopefully with a better position in life it will develop evenly and completely. I thought I was really onto something new with this one, but I looked it up and there is one pink rimmed double out there in bulb catalogues already. It looks pretty similar to this actually. Even if this one doesn’t pan out, I know its possible now, so I’ll definitely try for more of them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/a07fb51c-9d67-496f-97e4-51e898e7343e/IMG_2937+2.jpeg Blog - Daffodil Lust V: The Blooming! - Make it stand out This is a really nice one. It almost appears to have a double center, but it’s just very frilled and folded. My friend Melissa suggested the name Marylin’s Skirt, which is the perfect reference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/c5934e47-7f61-4d35-8cfa-893757a8de8d/P1120598.JPG Blog - Daffodil Lust V: The Blooming! - Make it stand out A nice pink split cup. Certainly not like your Grandma’s daffodils! When selling daffs at farmer’s markets, exotic flowers like this get people’s attention. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/a22f671e-3dfc-4197-966a-8b30245451a6/IMG_2924.jpeg Blog - Daffodil Lust V: The Blooming! - Make it stand out One of the parents of this is hillstar. I have a few very similar seedlings, all pretty nice. I think this one has the most white/yellow contrast going on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/ba2d8cbe-9973-49a4-8999-630a9d598b6a/P1370335.JPG Blog - Daffodil Lust V: The Blooming! - Make it stand out I have quite a lot of these pink rimmed types. That shows the power of building on previous work. Good pink rimmed daffs used to be very rare. With all the good breeding stock now, they can be improved further. Most of them are just adequate or similar to what is already out there, but at some point, one might really distinguish itself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/6063f254-0555-4c75-8095-a8e23855d9c5/P1370317.JPG Blog - Daffodil Lust V: The Blooming! - Make it stand out ghostly pale one as it looks when matured and faded, frilly attitude one and perfect symmetrical yellow. And a bee. https://skillcult.com/blog/2022/7/23/bush-wisdom-how-to-chop-without-breaking-your-handle-and-beating-yourself-up monthly 0.5 2022-07-24 https://skillcult.com/blog/2022/7/3/video-series-following-the-oak-bark-leather-tanning-process monthly 0.5 2022-07-03 https://skillcult.com/blog/2022/4/11/updated-apple-pollination-technique-for-breeding monthly 0.5 2022-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/d057dc1e-aab9-4fc2-8571-5f3b91a7a5aa/DSC_0500.JPG Blog - Updated Apple Pollination Technique for Breeding - Make it stand out Early efforts involved delicate emasculation of blossoms. I’m so glad I quit doing that! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/3dab03e2-f199-407d-b8db-8b2dfc9a28de/DSC_0533.JPG Blog - Updated Apple Pollination Technique for Breeding - Make it stand out Flowers were left just like this, unprotected. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/319d20f8-8241-4e8c-9427-526e6a3bdd21/IMG_2965.jpg Blog - Updated Apple Pollination Technique for Breeding - Make it stand out The main branches being pollinated on this tree are William’s Pride, Chestnut Crab and Sunrise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/7869d87a-5c0f-454a-a0f5-3fb8b9dc7965/centennial+fruitlet+in+bag.jpg Blog - Updated Apple Pollination Technique for Breeding - Make it stand out Centennial fruitlets in pollination bag. https://skillcult.com/blog/2022/2/25/seeds-and-scions-for-2022-imminent monthly 0.5 2022-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/e2c96c7e-eee3-4719-a161-087775624bb9/Cherry+crush+2.JPG Blog - Seeds and Scions for 2022 Imminent! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/30ca2dba-6d02-490d-bfb8-2f4edd59baa1/cherry+crush.JPG Blog - Seeds and Scions for 2022 Imminent! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/d7e69407-36ea-450a-ad99-244e37259336/Cherry+Crush+bitten.JPG Blog - Seeds and Scions for 2022 Imminent! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/5e8e93a9-8fbc-4b29-9e60-7a66f7a44983/HCC+1.JPG Blog - Seeds and Scions for 2022 Imminent! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/6c956e17-a930-4f4d-816c-6137f11aaa65/HCC2.JPG Blog - Seeds and Scions for 2022 Imminent! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://skillcult.com/blog/2022/2/19/where-to-find-scion-wood-for-grafting monthly 0.5 2022-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/437f8c51-8ecf-49e5-88a8-72eb2c0b5314/IMG_1869.jpg Blog - Where to Find Scion Wood For Grafting - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/fbb19c82-8ecd-45d2-8195-5ff7707c8df2/cherry+crush-1.JPG Blog - Where to Find Scion Wood For Grafting - Make it stand out Cherry Crush! Cherry Cox x Grenadine a pleasant apple with some of Cherry Cox’s cherry flavor and improved flesh quality over Cherry Cox and Cox’s Orange Pippin. I’m looking forward to getting some feedback on how it does elsewhere. The best endorsements I can give it is that I favored it over those two apples this year, and almost everything in that September season. I wanted to eat a lot more this year and am looking very forward to eating more in the coming season and into the future. https://skillcult.com/blog/2021/11/15/charcoal-vs-ashes-in-the-garden-very-useful-but-very-different monthly 0.5 2021-11-15 https://skillcult.com/blog/2021/10/16/updates-on-new-seedling-apples monthly 0.5 2021-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1634414142068-UQFMY1W30DVNEJ8GHSVR/P1330471.jpeg Blog - Updates on New Seedling Apples - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1634442259056-PSTZ4IXYR8X2HFENMCE5/IMG_2748.jpeg Blog - Updates on New Seedling Apples - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1634414126901-6O863ZLCR43QDSDU584G/P1330457.jpeg Blog - Updates on New Seedling Apples - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1634414755987-32C5TF4TIX8A4TH6A8CO/P1330385.jpeg Blog - Updates on New Seedling Apples - Make it stand out Cherry Cox x Grenadine, not a bad looker! Especially using the mason jar as a light filter trick. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1634415326411-LN1WGUBXSEFDQMBVQPPC/P1330483.jpeg Blog - Updates on New Seedling Apples - Make it stand out Some lovely rich hues on Amberwine and a subtly rich wine-like taste to match the skin and flesh color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1634443826713-43DKZUM4I5I5N5K958ID/P1330403.jpeg Blog - Updates on New Seedling Apples - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://skillcult.com/blog/2021/9/13/tasting-new-apple-seedlings-for-2021 monthly 0.5 2021-09-14 https://skillcult.com/blog/2021/4/8/article-on-people-planting-seedling-apples-including-me monthly 0.5 2021-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1617908580871-SHE401WP50CNG01HAF0C/apple+article.jpg Blog - Article on People Planting Seedling Apples, Including Me https://modernfarmer.com/2021/04/why-citizen-scientists-are-working-to-cultivate-new-apple-varieties/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1617908733095-UK7ZEWR3COUV0AWV1OKV/IMG_2412.JPG Blog - Article on People Planting Seedling Apples, Including Me I’ve begun collecting pollen from/for the 2021 bloom. Once I get most of the pollen collected, I’ll list if for sale. It may or may not be too late to pollinate this year, but it can be saved over until next spring too. I hope to have more pollen than ever from my own crosses this year, and already have one packet from the early new seedling Twang, as pictured. It just depends on how many bloom, how much they bloom and how much I can stay on top of collecting regularly enough to catch it. https://skillcult.com/blog/2021/3/23/when-scions-sprout-before-grafting-strategies-for-success monthly 0.5 2021-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1616689830917-Q84DUY4SRE6U6TRHJPJD/P1320877.JPG Blog - When Scions Start Sprouting Before Grafting, Strategies for Success These buds are not showing green or white yet, but they are definitely swollen, so they will soon. There is still a lot of hope for grafting sticks with buds like this, but it helps to take some steps to improve chances success. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1616690437388-15GYOV3IRIDVULX892DJ/SPROUTIG+SCION+LETTERED.jpg Blog - When Scions Start Sprouting Before Grafting, Strategies for Success This late harvested Chestnut Crab scion has some very sprouted out buds. But the remaining buds look pretty good. Some scions will sprout at the base first, some at the tip, and some are a bit random. This one has good sized very dormant bud, C near the top, and a few more tucked around just below the tip from small to tiny. If I wanted a long scion for frameworking, I would cut just the tip off, leaving some if the small dormant buds below it as well as bud C, remove A & B and leave the rest. If I were bench grafting onto small stocks to make new trees, or if I just wanted to make the most of the scion wood, I could make 2 short scions with two buds each from the lower section, and a third scion with bud C and the dormant buds at the tip, for a total of 3 grafts. With good grafts, good healing weather and protection from drying out, all three short scions would probably survive and grow well. In fact, this scion isn’t even that much of a challenge, because in spite of some buds being very sprouted, there are quite a few that are pretty dormant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1616691012163-URZS584UWCQVKXSH8UBY/P1320873.JPG Blog - When Scions Start Sprouting Before Grafting, Strategies for Success While this scion has buds that are definitely pushing out, it also has dormant buds packed round the base. Three are pretty obvious (one is on the backside, but you can see the bump on the stem below the lowest sprouting bud). But, there are also more small dormant buds at the very base, represented by those lines you can see. Some are too small to see, or are just specks. How close to the base of the shoot these are, and how many, is highly variable. In this case, you might be able to pull off a short graft union and leave one or two of them. Personally, I would make a short graft, leave one or two of the dormant buds, pick off the lower swollen bud, cut above the higher pushing swollen bud, and seal the whole thing. If you left both pushing buds and ignored the rest, there is still a decent chance it would make it. But it’s better to tip things in our favor a little bit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1617230496815-CGPC24CA9TCCLIZM5ODY/P1320895.JPG Blog - When Scions Start Sprouting Before Grafting, Strategies for Success This bud was showing green when grafted, as you can see under the paint. The worst sprouting buds on the scion were removed and the whole scion painted over with doc farwells grafting seal or in this case, heal and seal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1617230701869-E77N4KKBX1FK7SH3H3KY/spouted+painted.JPG Blog - When Scions Start Sprouting Before Grafting, Strategies for Success Same bud as above, 6 days later, having pushed right through the grafting seal. https://skillcult.com/blog/2021/3/22/grafting-skinny-scion-wood-tips-for-success monthly 0.5 2021-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1617218149771-DQ6GNNSBL3YF8PMZHI99/rehydrated+m.+hedge.jpg Blog - Grafting Skinny Scion Wood, Tips for Success Skinny scions of March Hedge, a hedgerow apple that I discovered. There is not a lot here to work with if I were only using last year’s growth. But you can graft onto the previous years growth, which is usually considerably larger in diameter, and leave the tips on to grow out. Often, the tips have the most vigorous vegetative buds, but if you can find good buds on two year old wood, you can just use that as well. Often in two year old wood you’ll have buds that are either fruiting buds, or tending in that direction, but those buds can still grow into shoots. Sometimes they are hesitant to do so, but they usually will. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1616501694430-J0CWP00IF9Y2IAX0KECK/March+Hedge+Small.jpeg Blog - Grafting Skinny Scion Wood, Tips for Success A graft made with scion wood that was at least 3, probably 4, maybe 5 years old and rather large in diameter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1616501679050-EQA3UHLB4XNBO1AP0CV6/March+Hedge+big.jpeg Blog - Grafting Skinny Scion Wood, Tips for Success Same graft as above after one year’s growth. The yellow painted parts are all the original graft wood, complete with fruit buds. The branch set a few weak fruits the year of grafting, but they didn’t mature. Conventional practice would not favor such an approach to grafting, being more about young, vigorous wood, but the possibilities are actually much broader than most think. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1616422536784-UAWQR49O7U9U01CJH5JG/equal%2Bwood%2Bwidth%2C%2Bgrafting%2Bmistakes%2Bsmall.jpg Blog - Grafting Skinny Scion Wood, Tips for Success An easy way to judge the cut width on a large stock for whip and tongue grafting is to make the width of cut wood showing on the stock and scion the same. You might note that the cut on the scion will overhang the end of the stock a little when this graft is fitted. That is fine, just seal the overhanging cut. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1616502306936-OS04W3B2L8A37HY1YOAQ/side+W%26T+graft.jpeg Blog - Grafting Skinny Scion Wood, Tips for Success A “side whip and tongue” graft, after one season’s healing and growth. The scion is catching up in size with the stock and the end cut on the stock will be healed by the end of the next season. I use this graft more and more on mismatched wood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1617225909551-VQC205KT7OK5LQ79R3AQ/P1320901.jpeg Blog - Grafting Skinny Scion Wood, Tips for Success I’ve been using this lap, or scarf, joint graft a lot when the scion and stock are somewhat mismatched. It is pretty easy to make, it can be made long for lots of cambial contact and a stable joint when wrapped, and it matches most of the way around. It’s a good clean graft. More advanced than a cleft graft, less advanced than a whip and tongue, but maybe better in some ways than an offset whip and tongue. I just used this graft, or variants of it, far more than any other to set out 90 new seedlings onto a single 8 foot tall dwarf foundation tree. Cut the scion first, making the top cut at an angle. Cut the stock off at a slight angle (not too much) and strip off enough bark to show the same amount of cut wood as shows on the scion. If you finish the lower angled cut on the stock by splitting it a couple of millimeters, the stock will sometimes slide in the split and lock in place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1616502539707-E82B6YHPMBWI7Y7N2NGL/P1320747.jpeg Blog - Grafting Skinny Scion Wood, Tips for Success Two Cherub scions under 1/8 inch, grafted one on either side of an established root stock. Multiple scions used in rind grafting offer insurance against failure, faster healing and reduced chances of stock die back on the un-grafted side. Why didn’t I coat these scions like I usually do to prevent drying? I have no idea, must have just spaced it out. I was probably thinking about girls, or apples, probably apples. I just checked them and at least a week after grafting, they still look plump and fine. When the weather is warm, the union may begin healing quickly and the scions can start receiving moisture from the stock. As long as moisture in balances moisture out, we’re all good. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1617227464055-M4800DU4INRTZNN210HD/P1320779.jpeg Blog - Grafting Skinny Scion Wood, Tips for Success Two small black Strawberry scions were grafted into this 1/2 inch stub. After one year of growth, I cut off the extra one, which will heal over rapidly. sometimes if you have a small scion on one side of a stub graft like this, the other side of the stub may start to die back. The extra scion gives it a reason to stay alive and heals the cut over more quickly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1617219345099-CC6X1RJT4FGVMY3O1GL9/P1320886.JPG Blog - Grafting Skinny Scion Wood, Tips for Success Bark graft of scions under 1/8 inch into a small stub. These grafts can work great for small wood, and they are easy to make. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1616421881339-Z8YAZ67NUUL6ASOZ1ZED/DSC_0089.jpg Blog - Grafting Skinny Scion Wood, Tips for Success A well shaded nursery bed of new seedlings on bud 9. Shade is for graft establishment. Once growth is underway and grafts are healed, it is removed. Note that some of these scions are over 2 feet long, but they still had a very high success rate. No doubt the shade helped! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1617217421819-H92ITTRSW549K2BMJ1KN/Mumified+bud.JPG Blog - Grafting Skinny Scion Wood, Tips for Success A bud mummified in grafting paint. it will bust right through there when it’s ready to grow. In the meantime, though this coating is not 100% prevention from drying out, it does seem to help a lot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1617217271114-JXJJJFUHYG9OO46ORS12/P1320895.JPG Blog - Grafting Skinny Scion Wood, Tips for Success This bud was pushing out and showing green already, which you can see through the paint. Some buds on this scion were worse than this one. If some buds are pushing on a scion, I will usually leave the most dormant two or three and remove the rest before sealing the entire scion. I just checked, and 6 days after this was taken this shoot has sprouted through the coating and is showing leaf tips. It will most likely survive. https://skillcult.com/blog/2021/3/21/what-is-this-apple-breeding-project-really-about-amp-new-varieties-video monthly 0.5 2021-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1616280375100-HDDE3MTAKCMOXQQC9AK4/black%2C+black+strawberry+apple.png Blog - What is This Apple Breeding Project Really About? & New Varieties Video Black Strawberry, what it looks like in person on the tree is pretty much like this. You can see why apples like this have names like Black Oxford. Even the calyx is super dark. https://skillcult.com/blog/2021/3/16/apple-seedling-scions-available monthly 0.5 2021-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1615902150605-84KCU5WUS3ZVIIJK8TNB/seedling%2Bapples.jpg Blog - Apple Seedling Scions of New Varieties Available!, Details A collection of seedling apples from 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1615902206892-UFQBO0NMK4CDPZ1FBS3L/lone+cherub.jpeg Blog - Apple Seedling Scions of New Varieties Available!, Details When it gets enough light to color up well, Cherub really stands out on the tree with it’s rich red skin, and red stem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1615902754855-F11COVCPCM5ZISUFLLB7/Cherub+on+leaves.jpeg Blog - Apple Seedling Scions of New Varieties Available!, Details Cute, chubby Cherubs! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1615902824281-XEBDO3COVLHPJ4J3UK6L/cherub+with+others.jpeg Blog - Apple Seedling Scions of New Varieties Available!, Details Cherub in a collection of new seedling apples, showing flesh color, which varies from solid pink to mottled pink and white. Flesh color is dependent on ripeness, genetics and weather, and can be quite variable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1615902991163-19GLQVQM4DJR8R27QS6A/Flaxen.jpeg Blog - Apple Seedling Scions of New Varieties Available!, Details Flaxen produced some fine, comely apples in the worst apple year I can remember for both quantity and quality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1615903110838-F7Y12UYI56WQ8D4VYXJD/sugarwood+montage.jpg Blog - Apple Seedling Scions of New Varieties Available!, Details Red stem, peculiar pleated bottom, clean complexion, wood-like flesh and high sugar are some early hallmarks of the diminutive Sugarwood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1615903258616-HBX0URMXSZMI1I5CH8S4/sugarwood+on+leaves.png Blog - Apple Seedling Scions of New Varieties Available!, Details Like I said, glossy, clean complexion. Do you exfoliate bro? Someday there may be hundreds of Sugarwood trees, with masses of these ping pong sized sugar factories, hanging steadfastly to the tree until dead ripe. I’m predicting precocious, productive trees and juice that runs easily from the flesh with an uncommonly high clarity. Comparing to Wickson I think the following things are probable- more fruit flavor, probably as high or higher in sugar, higher tannin, better pressing, better hanging, less cracking, more durable in handling, better storing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1615904070170-LXC25JT9J665T1KXUAR2/Black+Strawberry.jpeg Blog - Apple Seedling Scions of New Varieties Available!, Details https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1615925696259-RMB3BJLI912A64UE2W8Q/Black%2BStrawberry%2BFreeze%2Bframe%2Bcopy.jpg Blog - Apple Seedling Scions of New Varieties Available!, Details https://skillcult.com/blog/2021/2/28/free-willow-basketry-and-cultivation-books-available monthly 0.5 2021-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1614570727492-Y4Q25UPUB53GSGWHHGVU/P1270269.jpg Blog - Free Willow Basketry and Cultivation Books Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1614570531582-0V6ZZKP30I3KGN5GYJCZ/DSC_0052.jpg Blog - Free Willow Basketry and Cultivation Books Available Apples rings drying on basket willow shoots in the front of the car (the best food dehydrator you already have!). I keep a bundle of these on hand all the time. If they get funky or dirty, I can just toss them in the woodstove and gram more. Excellent for skewering jerky to dry as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1614569229773-1PQUWHUHBMLUXB7FSTRA/IMG_4627.jpeg Blog - Free Willow Basketry and Cultivation Books Available Weaving with medium sized rods. This was in 2008 and aside from a handle replacement, 13 years on and this basket is still totally functional, having seen a lot of very hard use and no babying. That durability is due to reasonably competent weaving and high quality basket willow from my friends willow farm in Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1614569666596-IQ4OY61USRQ1JVTYLCIW/P1270261.jpeg Blog - Free Willow Basketry and Cultivation Books Available All Willows are propagated from simple cuttings, which are extremely easy to root. They are rooted in place where they are to grow, but sticking into a hole made with a metal rod. https://skillcult.com/blog/2021/2/14/scions-and-seeds-are-coming-march-1st monthly 0.5 2021-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1613336923706-DR30XUATPSCSXVJFGBDF/spalted%2Bblog.jpg Blog - Scions and Seeds are Coming March 1st Spalted Big Leaf Maple destined for awl handles. basically it’s attacked by fungus leaving various shades of discoloration and black lines. https://skillcult.com/blog/2020/12/3/introducing-a-new-crab-apple-variety-cherub monthly 0.5 2021-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1607026690373-QO1PMYMGBJ1I5WL8KC69/DSC00544.jpeg Blog - Introducing A New Crab Apple Variety, Cherub 2015 seedlings grafted to dwarfing stocks and planted in the trial rows to await fruiting.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1607028348260-RZYL4ODFBQTIPC09178L/P1320016.jpeg Blog - Introducing A New Crab Apple Variety, Cherub Cherub, small, chubby and irregular https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1611107516441-QY0GMGAYRZFAVLZMY1FZ/cherub+with+others.jpg Blog - Introducing A New Crab Apple Variety, Cherub A cut Cherub in a collection of other seedlings from my breeding project. The flesh color seems to vary a lot, but that is fairly typical of red fleshed apples. https://skillcult.com/blog/2020/11/28/taste-testing-seedling-apples-nov-2020-most-intense-flavor-yet monthly 0.5 2020-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1606577921898-JT3A76KE2ZGKE9FD9F0K/gren+x+lw+with+cider+58mm+rokkor.jpg Blog - Most Intense Flavor Yet, Taste Testing Seedling Apples Nov 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1606577147914-XT29SF23HAVYD57L5MQF/P1310964.jpeg Blog - Most Intense Flavor Yet, Taste Testing Seedling Apples Nov 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1606583535544-FBUMIB3CMCP2B7UBCXM6/image.jpg Blog - Most Intense Flavor Yet, Taste Testing Seedling Apples Nov 2020 The cute, diminutive and woody Sugarwood, coming eventually to a cider orchard near you! https://skillcult.com/blog/2020/10/30/stone-roof-1-the-art-of-slating monthly 0.5 2020-11-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1604069203667-PTLEW3YT6BQ48ZAX0SOI/lizard+roof+bokeh.jpg Blog - Stone Roof #1, The Art of Slating https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1604069311330-T2HUNOBYP1K3D6BS98G2/slater+mock+up+still+copy+jpg.jpg Blog - Stone Roof #1, The Art of Slating https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1604071489727-SAFCKLWLMZLB942FUUOJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Stone Roof #1, The Art of Slating https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1604071596196-O9T2LPHFTFX9IRJQIF5Q/ghghgh.jpg Blog - Stone Roof #1, The Art of Slating https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1604069442151-0L3JZ5JI75BMIV1E62SG/cutting+slate+copy+blog.jpg Blog - Stone Roof #1, The Art of Slating https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1604071681866-ADMIQ8YOQUJCLTMHH0YO/slate+hammer.jpg Blog - Stone Roof #1, The Art of Slating The divot popped out on the face of a slate punched with the pointy end of a German carpentry hammer. This depression provides a place for the nail head to nestle into at or below the surface of the slate so that it does not rub on the bottom of the slate above it. https://skillcult.com/blog/2020/10/22/my-spider-bite-story-herbal-healing-amp-walking-in-the-dark monthly 0.5 2020-10-31 https://skillcult.com/blog/2020/10/14/apple-report-grenadine-x-goldrush-2011-9-crunchy-yellow-scab-resistant-seedling monthly 0.5 2020-10-14 https://skillcult.com/blog/2020/10/6/commonly-axed-question-charring-axe-handles-why-i-dont-do-it monthly 0.5 2020-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1602018863244-UJVCMSFEE2HDHX7RTQO7/jay+1.jpg Blog - Commonly Axed Question: Charring Axe Handles, Why I Don't Do It Primitive technologist Jay Sliwa heating and bending a yew wood bow in my front yard. He probably spent over an hour bending both ends of this bow, because it takes time to get the temperature high enough, and also deep enough, without scorching the wood. Hot wood, even dry, will bend more easily. If cooled in the new shape, it will usually stay more or less that way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1602305889041-5FK3SUFMPQ7V5GOFYRXT/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Commonly Axed Question: Charring Axe Handles, Why I Don't Do It This digging stick tip is shaped and hardened by fire. Great for impact and abrasion resistance, not so much for flexibility. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1602330591929-QF4G4PATR654BZ3WXXXG/bow%2Bfailure%2Bfor%2Bcharring%2Baxe%2Bhandles%2Bblog%2Bpost.jpg Blog - Commonly Axed Question: Charring Axe Handles, Why I Don't Do It The inside of a bow is under high compression and the outside (back) is under extreme tension or stretch. If you studied it, I think it’s likely that you’d find failures initiating on the outside back of the bow and traveling inward from there in most, if not all, cases. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1602018901847-ZPEM23OD1J9QI9YJ3NNG/jay+2.jpg Blog - Commonly Axed Question: Charring Axe Handles, Why I Don't Do It Dry bent, with no scorching. This yew wood is prone to exploding apart when it fails. It is easy to understand why bowyers avoid scorching the backs of bows, where the wood comes under very high tension. Understand that this bow is not strung with this curve, but rather AGAINST this curve. It would be strung and pulled toward the ground in this picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1602305996704-5BNOUZJIGQT66XNSBIJL/P1310366.JPG Blog - Commonly Axed Question: Charring Axe Handles, Why I Don't Do It Sinew backed bow limb. Just like a collar or wrapping on an axe handle, sinew backing helps prevent failure, largely by preventing the initiation of cracks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1602177592666-O0E16GJIFA9RR8E7RTD3/IMG_1966.jpg Blog - Commonly Axed Question: Charring Axe Handles, Why I Don't Do It Charred and burnished pine used to good effect. This wood is basically under no stress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1602017579441-VXFWZ987CB8P42SU34OQ/DSC09744.jpg Blog - Commonly Axed Question: Charring Axe Handles, Why I Don't Do It https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1602178194638-CQ6U3FCY49CCYVK2CJ2W/patreon+thumb+for+blog.jpg Blog - Commonly Axed Question: Charring Axe Handles, Why I Don't Do It https://skillcult.com/blog/2019/12/6/introducing-black-strawberry-a-new-seedling-apple monthly 0.5 2020-10-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1575740436446-EZP5D4CRUG3UA1D0DDAS/Black+Strawberry+Freeze+frame+copy.jpg Blog - Introducing Black Strawberry, a New Seedling Apple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1575662475893-O3466CMAFKZNBIXF1SLP/Black+Strawberry+copy.jpg Blog - Introducing Black Strawberry, a New Seedling Apple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1575734624378-YIJ9FEVKD8AXELWLZLK7/KD+V.S.+BS.jpg Blog - Introducing Black Strawberry, a New Seedling Apple Comparison and similarities of King David and Black Strawberry. Oxford Black looks even more like Black Strawberry, but it was not flowering or fruiting when this seed was collected. Besides, I’m pretty sure now that I actually made crosses with Grenadine X King David that year and just lost track of them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1575734758867-4UBTZFXK9I9L0BXH3DYM/P1240940.jpg Blog - Introducing Black Strawberry, a New Seedling Apple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1575734518271-89H7XUATU0B1OP5WXH7M/P1260676.JPG Blog - Introducing Black Strawberry, a New Seedling Apple Mealy, but delicious! https://skillcult.com/blog/2020/9/26/flame-charred-eggplant-amp-tomato-salsa-unique-flavor-and-less-watery monthly 0.5 2020-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1601184672753-VKP5YI80CN9C277ULS1G/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Flame Charred Eggplant & Tomato Salsa, Unique Flavor and Less Watery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1601183935625-0T987AOSU6YEBGQYQR59/Salsa+w+eggplant+thumb+2+copy.jpg Blog - Flame Charred Eggplant & Tomato Salsa, Unique Flavor and Less Watery https://skillcult.com/blog/2020/8/30/seeds-and-bulbs-in-the-webstore monthly 0.5 2020-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1598831041026-ZDL1GZH15AG8E1WO427Y/cristata+header+copy.jpg Blog - Fall Seeds and Bulbs in the Webstore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1598831369293-FJ87QZYT6A9DX2D4L3BH/IMG_8076+copy.jpg Blog - Fall Seeds and Bulbs in the Webstore Bronze Beauty lettuce https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1598830799359-LO5HAFELEJL37IM4AMZH/Paul+Robeson+copy.jpg Blog - Fall Seeds and Bulbs in the Webstore Paul Robeson, rich smokey goodness with a great sugar acid balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1598830584586-2P70TNADS8A20XEL9WQR/P1280508.jpg Blog - Fall Seeds and Bulbs in the Webstore A closed vent poppy that allows for the harvest of every seed. https://skillcult.com/blog/2020/8/25/twang-a-new-seedling-apple-report monthly 0.5 2020-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1598363932166-FIO6J36X2JM1EFF4R9BZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Twang, a New Seedling Apple Report https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1598363903788-YRCLPKZY1B326VVD7KXM/Twang+on+bottle.jpg Blog - Twang, a New Seedling Apple Report https://skillcult.com/blog/2020/8/1/winter-gardening-schedule-and-garden-tour monthly 0.5 2020-08-01 https://skillcult.com/blog/2020/4/25/pear-tree-training-year-two-spring-cuts-smart-fruit-tree-training-for-the-win monthly 0.5 2020-05-01 https://skillcult.com/blog/2020/4/11/who-are-you-and-why-are-you-here monthly 0.5 2020-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1586620894864-XXNIMY4BFAZ545HKF5SN/P1270341+2.jpg Blog - Who Are You and Why Are You Here? One of many new daffodil seedlings on the homeplace. If I keep it, I think I’ll call it ghost or spirit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1586621136813-1H6GQNR7V5RRKYSDWV7W/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Who Are You and Why Are You Here? With Mom and a basket of apples we picked for taste testing- new seedlings, heirlooms and moderns. Now you know where I get my youthful good looks from. She’s no spring chicken, as she would say, and still going strong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1586621150646-KEEN4TTZCW20LDI2PUP2/silhouette+shovel.jpg Blog - Who Are You and Why Are You Here? Working on “the pit”, really more of a trench, a huge excavation that I’m backfilling by hand with differing percentages of charcoal and soil. This strip of land will house multiple orcharding and soil related experiments, like bringing new seedlings to fruit, more quickly, tree training methods, tree paints, effects of biochar and probably tree understories for Mediterranean climates. https://skillcult.com/blog/2020/3/23/recent-gardening-videos-vlog-style-fpg-first-person-gardening monthly 0.5 2020-03-23 https://skillcult.com/blog/2020/2/13/2020-apple-scions-basket-willow-and-grape-cuttings-available monthly 0.5 2020-02-13 https://skillcult.com/blog/2020/2/2/husqvarna-axe-project-grinding-the-axe-to-chop-well-and-why-most-axes-dont monthly 0.5 2020-02-01 https://skillcult.com/blog/2019/11/27/store-open-apple-seeds-awls-fire-kits-hide-glue-bracelets-cactus monthly 0.5 2019-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1575046313231-57C5FS28D7GURO74FBC4/P1260762.jpg Blog - Store Open, Apple Seeds, Awls, Fire Kits, Hide Glue, Bracelets, Cacti https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1574880800180-0L40ORH5HXP4OPUJ4MR2/P1260732.JPG Blog - Store Open, Apple Seeds, Awls, Fire Kits, Hide Glue, Bracelets, Cacti https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1574880599266-3T5K4UZIB6B1SLD2PNUE/P1230552.jpg Blog - Store Open, Apple Seeds, Awls, Fire Kits, Hide Glue, Bracelets, Cacti https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1574880874256-F1B59X39HSVV0BDML9P7/P1260663.JPG Blog - Store Open, Apple Seeds, Awls, Fire Kits, Hide Glue, Bracelets, Cacti https://skillcult.com/blog/2019/11/1/new-seedling-apples-eight-years-later-late-october-2019 monthly 0.5 2019-11-02 https://skillcult.com/blog/2019/10/16/trip-to-lake-county-fire-burned-areas monthly 0.5 2019-10-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1571233222390-P1CVM3TKBFBYY93ZWIGU/P1240776.JPG Blog - Trip to Lake County Fire Burned Areas This is a terrible out of focus snap shot, but it’s an awesome tree. This is a sugar pine, one of the higher elevation trees. Huge cones with edible nuts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1571233326085-P6A3Y9IU1VEJ61D2Y64X/P1240676+copy.jpg Blog - Trip to Lake County Fire Burned Areas Mile after mile of burned trees. Some areas burned cool enough that most of the thick barked pines survived, but many large areas were left without a live trunk in site. it was eerie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1571233407319-70861B5FPABC8RKD3VX7/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Trip to Lake County Fire Burned Areas There were tons of new seedlings, especially Pine and Manzanita, but many other brushy species as well. Most of the new seedlings are there because there was a fire, not in spite of it. This is the strategy for many brushy species; they sprout like crazy after fires to re-colonize when there are nutrients and low competition. I saw tons of pine seedlings too though that would not have sprouted last winter if it weren’t for the fires. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1571233560816-CEV9B40JW9HNF3ZI1SIX/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Trip to Lake County Fire Burned Areas It’s tempting to see these babies as buddies. While brushy species and tall tree species like this Ceanothus and Pine can interact in mutually beneficial ways, there is also a strong competitive factor. Brushy species often form the first colonies that end up nurturing tall tree species in their protective covering. Ceanothus also fixes nitrogen out of the air like a legume, benefiting soil fertility in general. Eventually, the tall trees can out-compete the shrubbery, shade them out, and ultimately cause them to die as the tree based forest gains ground. Competition for water can also be a real issue out here in this dry, stony, hot landscape. This soil is mostly gravel as you can probably see. Still, they look like they are doing pretty good here at the end of the dry season and just one year old. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1571233927164-LHPEJRWBG2W4J2XITIC2/P1240647.JPG Blog - Trip to Lake County Fire Burned Areas A native monkey flower near a rushing mountain creek. I think this is Mimulus cardinalis, or probably similar/related. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1571234048020-RW92ES0OHWTOP84Y5X4F/P1240657.JPG Blog - Trip to Lake County Fire Burned Areas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1571234120334-292ZV6IW4YAW5IO9VNUQ/P1240561.JPG Blog - Trip to Lake County Fire Burned Areas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1571234160286-RME01F1LCTS7KR7TIB6B/P1240638.JPG Blog - Trip to Lake County Fire Burned Areas In a single year, these rose plants grew back from the roots and fruited like crazy. There were tons of them under the pines. This fire was all good news for them. They get a rich nutrient release from the ashes, less competition and more light. The tree in the back is not dead. The thick bark of Ponderosa Pines protects them in cool burns such as this particular block of trees experienced. About 80% of the Ponderosa Pine lived, which is good, since they don’t sprout back from the roots. Most of the adjacent thinner barked hardwoods like Black Oak and Madrone died back to the roots. But those hardwoods had already grown back 3 to 4 feet and even more. Some of those new shoots will be 8 feet tall with side branches by this time next year, backed by the root system of a full sized tree. Much of this growth is useful. I picked some of this regrowth for basketry, but passed up tons of redbud and Rhus Trilobata (sumac) shoots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1571234347747-3FPEZIO70WP4E7XLN7BG/P1240786.jpg Blog - Trip to Lake County Fire Burned Areas The goods, quartered with a chainsaw and ready for the bandsaw. Libocedrus decurrens Incense Cedar, a tough and very fragrant tree adapted to both dry and wet Pacific coastal mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1571235397529-791EIDFPEWS5GFM6CO9J/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Trip to Lake County Fire Burned Areas About the photographer… Cell-photo by Gretchen Immel. I wish I had more time on that trip to take pictures. I could see doing a photo book oriented around lessons in fire ecology and viewing the fires from a less human perspective than is usual. Yes, the fires were devastating, but they are not abnormal here, quite the contrary. This is a fire ecology, period. It’s not if it burns, it’s when. We tend to look at the climax forest as good and everything else as secondary or not important at all. But many species and individuals are stoked on these fires. They get nutrients, reduced competition and light. Once the deer come back, the browse for them will be amazing for quite a few years to come. big trees may have died, but baby trees get their chance now without the overcasting shadows thrown by older generations to keep them weak from lack of light. If you look up it looks like a holocaust, but if you look down, the land is bursting with new life. Each player out here has a strategy for this. Thick fire resistant bark on the pines, or if that fails, post fire seed sprouting. The main manzanita that grows out here usually dies when the top is burned, but it sprouts by the thousands for seed banked in the soil in response to the same fire. Many other brushy species sprout from the roots, others from seeds, and some both. The decidous trees and almost all of the non-coniferous species, sprout back from the roots. Oak and madrone shoots grew back 3 to 4 feet and sometimes more in one year. If these species didn’t have strategies for dealing with fires, they simply would not still be part of the ecology. https://skillcult.com/blog/2019/10/13/tasting-new-red-fleshed-seedling-apples-from-apple-breeding-trials monthly 0.5 2019-10-13 https://skillcult.com/blog/2019/9/6/lumber-terminology monthly 0.5 2019-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1567790405157-RZPXWWXMZJGQFMKGADIZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Lumber Terminology Confusion, In a Living Language, There is No Authority Showing common end grain orientations and characters. vertical is the most stable orientation, and gives large, long flecks in woods such as Oak and Black Locust, which have prominent medullary rays. Diagonal grain is great and usually quite stable. The further diagonal grain gets toward horizontal the less stable and well behaved it is. Unless some specific look is wanted, horizontal grain lumber is not generally preferred, and even less so if it is from a small diameter log and the rings are very curved as on the bottom left. Of course there are many variations between these basic common examples. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1567870520910-NSFZDQIYGHTX1KVI1BYC/tan+oak+grain+orientation+2.jpg Blog - Lumber Terminology Confusion, In a Living Language, There is No Authority This triangular billet shows the 3 main grain patterns in Tan Oak by end grain orientation in the board. Note the long flecking of the medullary rays in vertical grain wood. If you look at the end grain of the vertical orientation, you’ll see the dark medullary rays as lines running horizontally. They run from the center of the tree outward, like spokes and show on the face of diagonal boards as this flecking effect. These get shorter and eventually less interesting the more the grain tends toward diagonal. Vertical grain is also typically the most stable orientation. The only milling method that produces this orientation in 100% boards is what I call Rift sawing. The diagonal has a nice grain pattern, but not the high level of interest invoked by the flecking in vertically oriented. It does look the same on all sides though and anything from 45º to 90º, and even somewhat less, is usually stable, quality wood. Look how badly the horizontal face has cracked. There are possibly a few small cracks on the diagonal face and none at all on the vertical face. This illustrates how horizontal milled wood is typically more prone to cracking and also cupping and shrinkage. In many woods, you’ll see the growth rings show as a distinctive and familiar pattern on the face of horizontal grain boards, but tan oak doesn’t really show that pattern when cut this way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1567783125392-MVMO9KUUA52EFVU2PYX5/Scan%2B8.jpg Blog - Lumber Terminology Confusion, In a Living Language, There is No Authority https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1567783222571-A7C1RSDGQ60LOC3P49Z0/Quarter+sawing.jpeg Blog - Lumber Terminology Confusion, In a Living Language, There is No Authority https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1567783363555-PWY18SLWMJBQM3QWRESZ/Rift%2Bsawing.jpg Blog - Lumber Terminology Confusion, In a Living Language, There is No Authority https://skillcult.com/blog/2019/9/5/ground-shots-podcast-interview-on-bark-tanning-with-kelly-moody monthly 0.5 2019-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1567691955142-E6VA9RZ39UIWI0L3E2HS/Screen+Shot+2019-09-04+at+6.23.33+PM.png Blog - Ground Shots Podcast Interview on Bark Tanning With Kelly Moody https://skillcult.com/blog/2019/8/12/hewing-and-seasoning-oak-billets-for-later-use monthly 0.5 2019-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1565627954427-ECSSOQLG0QUEEVGJ2NLU/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Hewing and Seasoning Oak Billets for Later Use https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1565627717391-N2XS09TTB7TMBXGTOWBF/tan+oak+still.jpg Blog - Hewing and Seasoning Oak Billets for Later Use https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1565628131283-YV4BZIV3L5EFRF6ECCKC/blocks+of+tan+oak.jpg Blog - Hewing and Seasoning Oak Billets for Later Use https://skillcult.com/blog/2019/8/6/summer-2019-updates-and-a-new-early-wickson-seedling monthly 0.5 2019-08-07 https://skillcult.com/blog/2019/7/31/toasting-seeds-in-a-basket-with-hot-coals-oak-bark-grass-seeds-amp-deadly-fungus monthly 0.5 2019-07-31 https://skillcult.com/blog/2019/7/25/the-worst-common-bark-tanning-mistake-and-how-to-prevent-it monthly 0.5 2019-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1564145391151-4YM7757U8DAZY9U5RU1R/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Worst, Common Bark Tanning Mistake This fresh, strong bark liquor has a bright look and high color density https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1564145416339-SUWXC6D2PZ2SEZ8SMXMY/DSC_0475.jpg Blog - The Worst, Common Bark Tanning Mistake This solution, while retaining some color, has no tanning power left, or not enough to matter. It will grow bacterial scum on top and the hide will decay slowly, because it is just starting to tan. All color is not indicative of effective tannin. With a wll prepared skin in new starter solutions, this phenomenon can happen in one day. Unless you add a lot of tannin quickly, (which is sometimes okay) it will keep happening, but eventually it will slow way down and the solution can be left for long periods of time unattended. https://skillcult.com/blog/2019/7/22/earliest-of-the-early-summer-apples-5-varieties-in-july monthly 0.5 2019-07-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1563896064682-XJG8NCWJIMOALT10D40F/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Earliest of the Early Summer Apples, 5 Varieties in July https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1563896240123-W26500F0L6UJVPBPC1CX/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Earliest of the Early Summer Apples, 5 Varieties in July https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1563896294303-ISZUTREK32DKKVSU6IS4/P1220665+2.JPG Blog - Earliest of the Early Summer Apples, 5 Varieties in July https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1563830770913-0PUYCO76RFSYC8CW4XPC/Screen+Shot+2019-07-21+at+6.17.14+AM.png Blog - Earliest of the Early Summer Apples, 5 Varieties in July This Summer Rose looks remarkably like the one I have. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1563830831066-T31K0HM25XQ2DA1KTIB2/summer+rose+streaked.jpg Blog - Earliest of the Early Summer Apples, 5 Varieties in July Clearly another apple altogether. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1563896486002-UFP4HY27WDY6SWQL07CV/P1220654+2.JPG Blog - Earliest of the Early Summer Apples, 5 Varieties in July Summer rose. Very scab susceptible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1563896582888-YKFUDAXII0L3RQ6HZXPL/P1220671+2.JPG Blog - Earliest of the Early Summer Apples, 5 Varieties in July Red Astrachan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1563813075080-7JMFLSVQSBJ2P1B78HLQ/red+June+Watercolor.jpg Blog - Earliest of the Early Summer Apples, 5 Varieties in July A watercolor painting of this apple from Early August 1914 under the name Red June. It has the same red flesh staining in the same location right around the calyx tube on the bottom end. The shape is very similar to those growing here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1563896878504-L0B3U1E08DYBXDXW6ZSV/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Earliest of the Early Summer Apples, 5 Varieties in July Carolina Red June https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1563896784998-JM5UD313RN9128GTY86G/P1220606+2.JPG Blog - Earliest of the Early Summer Apples, 5 Varieties in July Carolina Red June seems to bear a lot on tips of short twigs, or spur-like structures on the ends of twigs, but also spurs along branches too. Be careful about not pruning off short shoots that terminate in fat tips. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1563831286191-203UP58RFCRWCM2SE7M6/trailman+pic.jpg Blog - Earliest of the Early Summer Apples, 5 Varieties in July Next to ripen will probably be Trailman Crab, which I’ve had in July before, but also in August. https://skillcult.com/blog/2019/6/16/dirt-road-hacks-designing-for-low-maintenace-eco-friendly-cost-effective-graveled-roads monthly 0.5 2019-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1560708456901-F0SNLAB89YAD0ZHHN578/Screen+Shot+2019-06-16+at+11.06.15+AM.png Blog - DIRT ROAD HACKS: Designing for Low Maintenace, Eco Friendly, Cost Effective Graveled Roads Download this book here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1560708624131-NBNQXJ93P25RCB8RJAAT/IMG_0912.jpg Blog - DIRT ROAD HACKS: Designing for Low Maintenace, Eco Friendly, Cost Effective Graveled Roads The original road was a rough, rutted mess for the most part, 4wd only in the winter with some mushy, slippery areas, like this spring coming up in the road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1560708750631-Y8J8ADFC116XTJ8MF3Z1/IMG_2098.jpg Blog - DIRT ROAD HACKS: Designing for Low Maintenace, Eco Friendly, Cost Effective Graveled Roads https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1560708824206-U9N43PAV69TKLWMS0AAH/IMG_2828.jpg Blog - DIRT ROAD HACKS: Designing for Low Maintenace, Eco Friendly, Cost Effective Graveled Roads Building an armored crossing for a seasonal creek. This solution can be better than a culvert sometimes, and often a lot cheaper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1560708913484-3KK2QGY90V0432JDK9UK/IMG_3203.jpg Blog - DIRT ROAD HACKS: Designing for Low Maintenace, Eco Friendly, Cost Effective Graveled Roads Water can be incredibly destructive if not controlled. This is the spillway for the seasonal creek with an armored crossing after a heavy rainstorm, otherwise a perfect storm for headward erosion. I finished the spillway the night before this was taken, just in time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1560709146599-S2LDWJ5XNM72TZRACGJZ/IMG_2172.jpg Blog - DIRT ROAD HACKS: Designing for Low Maintenace, Eco Friendly, Cost Effective Graveled Roads Good rock and enough rock are a huge factor, but road design and shape should be priority one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1560709323594-CHPZ4M2SBLIBIMJ1XNJ6/IMG_2090.jpg Blog - DIRT ROAD HACKS: Designing for Low Maintenace, Eco Friendly, Cost Effective Graveled Roads Rick is a maestro on these machines and knows how to move dirt fast. Some things I saw him do blew my mind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1560709503265-O0E025FJ4EEO5JVNJ2NX/IMG_2553.jpg Blog - DIRT ROAD HACKS: Designing for Low Maintenace, Eco Friendly, Cost Effective Graveled Roads Quite an accomplishment for a couple of new homesteaders, but well worth all the effort, thought, expense and time to have reliable, easy, low maintenance access. Still going strong 11 years on with no foreseeable problems. https://skillcult.com/blog/2019/6/1/notes-on-thinning-apples monthly 0.5 2019-06-01 https://skillcult.com/blog/2019/5/28/late-spring-tree-training-update-and-project-progress-reports monthly 0.5 2019-05-28 https://skillcult.com/blog/2019/5/4/-from-1-apple-variety-to-21-grafting-demonstration-frameworking-vs-topworking-more-variety-earlier-fruiting-and-healthier monthly 0.5 2019-05-06 https://skillcult.com/blog/2019/5/1/homestead-walkaround-video-projects monthly 0.5 2019-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1556729573965-X45H1MTKQIXY8WL4MPSD/P1210342.JPG Blog - Homestead Walkaround Video, 50+ Apple Seedlings Blooming!, Project Updates, Bulb Understories for Fruit Trees Pinker than average blossoms on a Rubaiyat x Cherry Cox seedling seems like a good omen. Cherry flavored apple, meet fruit punch flavored apple. May your offspring be blood red to the core and delicious. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1556729717132-6SH6GO6T8HUB0Y0NT9I6/P1210347.JPG Blog - Homestead Walkaround Video, 50+ Apple Seedlings Blooming!, Project Updates, Bulb Understories for Fruit Trees Many of my Maypole crosses are showing this columnar trait. They will produce short, compact trees that grow upward with few side branches and fruits clustered along the stems. The buds are spaced very close together. This can be a valuable trait for restricted spaces. Given how many seedlings are expressing this habit with only a single columnar parent, it should be easy to breed for. Three of these seedlings are blooming this year, and they are the only trees blooming in this youngest block of seedlings, so apparently they are precocious as well, which is nice in a plant that usually takes so long to come into bearing. Oh, AND they take up less space than the other seedlings, so could potentially be planted even closer in trial rows, both in row spacing and between row spacing. I have one other columnar-ish tree, but it’s more like a dwarf. But there are others out there and I think there is a lot of potential here for both backyard and cider production with these compact, pretty, easy to maintain trees. I would not be surprised to get a decent cider apple out of this first generation of Maypole crosses using Wickson and Chestnut Crab pollen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1556729790217-G4W8140DO2JA38IIHZDZ/P1210360.JPG Blog - Homestead Walkaround Video, 50+ Apple Seedlings Blooming!, Project Updates, Bulb Understories for Fruit Trees This Grenadine x GoldRush seedling showed some promise last year, but only produced one apple. This year there are hundreds of fruitlets, and it will require heavy thinning. It wasn’t really that good last year, but often trees will have to become established before producing exemplary fruit, so I’m keeping an eye on it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1556727641018-TK0MGWUKZSLLLDC9JI4Z/understory+shot.png Blog - Homestead Walkaround Video, 50+ Apple Seedlings Blooming!, Project Updates, Bulb Understories for Fruit Trees One of my early bulb understory experiments now well established and pretty much out competing all weeds. It is already dying back and will be pretty flat and not really using any water by mid May. It will also leave a nice mat of dying mulch on the ground for the rest of the dry season. I would guess that there are enough bulbs in here now to plant at least 8 more of these, and the project is ready for phase two, long term trials. There are probably also other plants out there which could serve this purpose, but very few and they may be hard to suss out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1556727296174-UIY211N53JJ431GI16JN/DSC06021+copy+2.jpg Blog - Homestead Walkaround Video, 50+ Apple Seedlings Blooming!, Project Updates, Bulb Understories for Fruit Trees Peasant King Leaves. https://skillcult.com/blog/2019/4/24/apple-pollen-available-plus-new-apple-pollen-medleys-and-hurray-for-genetic-chaos monthly 0.5 2019-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1556150554237-OMUI86WC58QIWLE5XCO5/P1210325.jpg Blog - Apple Pollen Available, Plus New Apple Pollen Medleys and Hurray for Genetic Chaos! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1556170255634-V1716WWCT78YFR8RSF57/P1210331.jpg Blog - Apple Pollen Available, Plus New Apple Pollen Medleys and Hurray for Genetic Chaos! https://skillcult.com/blog/2019/4/6/splitting-axe-handle-blanks-from-a-windfall-tan-oak-log monthly 0.5 2019-04-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1554494625874-56W0497L1X3VUN9V29QV/tree%2Bin%2Broad.jpg Blog - Splitting Axe Handle Blanks From a Windfall Tan Oak Log https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1554496296969-LASYXBK8CNOX9SJZD7RN/tan+oak+group+before.jpg Blog - Splitting Axe Handle Blanks From a Windfall Tan Oak Log https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1554496497885-8O1OV1Q3FF0MBKCKCQZI/making+wedge.jpg Blog - Splitting Axe Handle Blanks From a Windfall Tan Oak Log https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1554496438772-3TL5PKJBUWL1CKS1ZDY4/wedging+whole+copy.jpg Blog - Splitting Axe Handle Blanks From a Windfall Tan Oak Log https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1554496468449-00HA1C92C46XW1ENCNVR/active+split+copy.jpg Blog - Splitting Axe Handle Blanks From a Windfall Tan Oak Log https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1554496533559-G16IG17EMAG50JWTP5TR/staves+and+quarter+copy.jpg Blog - Splitting Axe Handle Blanks From a Windfall Tan Oak Log https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1554496547750-FETS3WIKDHM4ZOMEIWGV/staves+.jpg Blog - Splitting Axe Handle Blanks From a Windfall Tan Oak Log https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1554499768787-077AMFOKJGZX7MLIL1JV/handle+billets+insta.jpg Blog - Splitting Axe Handle Blanks From a Windfall Tan Oak Log https://skillcult.com/blog/2019/3/27/lessons-from-established-fruit-and-nut-trees-training-mistakes-and-remedies monthly 0.5 2019-03-27 https://skillcult.com/blog/2019/3/25/training-a-pear-tree-to-modified-central-leader-with-notching-and-dis-budding monthly 0.5 2019-03-25 https://skillcult.com/blog/2019/3/1/ay0d0wjegj9fu78h1wmyph0vp2sobp monthly 0.5 2019-03-01 https://skillcult.com/blog/2019/2/24/the-blood-zone-common-mistakes-in-splitting-firewood-on-the-ground-with-axes monthly 0.5 2019-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1551027681322-45ALVUX6SZ3TNIFMQWKF/blood+zone+header.jpg Blog - The Blood Zone, Common Mistakes In Splitting Firewood On the Ground With Axes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1551026541283-XZNBHN498RJJ0MK4Y3ON/buckstop+side.jpg Blog - The Blood Zone, Common Mistakes In Splitting Firewood On the Ground With Axes A backing log for the buckstop could be an axecellent axecessory for training this method. Axeidents can easily happen when learning this technique. I’ve seen in happen. It could also make a good fixture in a longer term camp, so that anyone at any skill level can split wood for camp, or practice unsupervised. Flatten the bottom of the log and cut 5 or 6 notches. But, use it to teach good habits and the importance of direction of cut. Also realize that it is not a 100% guarantee of safety, because the buckstop can only be made so tall before the axe handle will be struck against the top edge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1551026492981-JF39MRK99V0NAX27H2HT/hewing+backing+log+for+buckstop.jpg Blog - The Blood Zone, Common Mistakes In Splitting Firewood On the Ground With Axes Flatten the bottom side for stability and to insure the log is low enough. https://skillcult.com/blog/2019/2/20/historical-care-package-from-a-pennsylvania-viewer-1850s-shoemaker-ledger-pages-leather-and-tools monthly 0.5 2019-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1550664264749-85V6VU12L450VAODIJEP/P1190702+2.jpg Blog - Historical Care Package from a Pennsylvania Viewer, 1850's Shoemaker Ledger Pages, Leather and Tools https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1550664006548-B42LSDRH9LGVR4D8M1IC/P1190728.jpg Blog - Historical Care Package from a Pennsylvania Viewer, 1850's Shoemaker Ledger Pages, Leather and Tools 1847 firewood prices. About 100% of today? Oak was bought in at 2.00 a cord, but Hickory (which appears to be spelt Hickery) was 3.00 a cord. Likely at that time it was either bucked into long fireplace logs with an axe or saw, or bucked into shorter woodstove sized sections with a frame bucksaw. From the other entries in this ledger, you could calculate how many cords you would have to cut in order to buy some staple foods for winter, oats, corn and potatoes, and a pair of shoes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1550664436211-ZS29NS1SOHD2OARXLLHW/P1190712.jpg Blog - Historical Care Package from a Pennsylvania Viewer, 1850's Shoemaker Ledger Pages, Leather and Tools Aside from some logging of shoe repairs and sales, this page contains a contract discussing a term of apprenticeship, an annuity, room, board, washing and mending of clothes, and a provision for a promise of three weeks farm labor at harvest time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1550664504630-C87XLJK8HVXRZ8Z2I7QP/P1190718.jpg Blog - Historical Care Package from a Pennsylvania Viewer, 1850's Shoemaker Ledger Pages, Leather and Tools Davey’s grandfather’s uncle Mr. Bachman was a tanner. Here is a receipt for bags of hair. Hair was used as an addition to lime plaster and no doubt for other things. It was commonly collected and sold by tanneries. Mr. Bachman appears to have attended a trade school and advertised those credentials on his invoice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1550665063417-XBMWQ3TP85NXUB4ZAETO/P1190709.jpg Blog - Historical Care Package from a Pennsylvania Viewer, 1850's Shoemaker Ledger Pages, Leather and Tools This glue pot was given to Davey by his mentor John Grott, a woodworker, shoemaker and all around skilled man by the sound of it. I’m honored to be thought worthy of such a gift, which I can actually use as I have no glue pot. Most of them are also too large for my purposes, and as a cabinet maker, Davey found this one too small for his needs. It is essentially a double boiler, which serves two purposes, keeping the glue from burning and keeping it warm while it is being used away from the stove. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1550665429596-GOD6TPAYBNG1R3K4B3WA/P1190704.jpg Blog - Historical Care Package from a Pennsylvania Viewer, 1850's Shoemaker Ledger Pages, Leather and Tools A miniature “finger” plane. There are not a lot of tools on my wants list anymore, but this was certainly one of them. Also some nice air dried Hickery harvested by Davey and seasoned for years. It appears to be very stable, which is an often overlooked factor in handle material. If I have my way with it, there will be an extensive blog post and video soon on handles and handle material, what matters and what doesn’t. Stability matters a lot and is often not considered or attended to. https://skillcult.com/blog/2019/2/12/notes-for-seed-scion-and-pollen-customers-storage-planting-grafting-pollination monthly 0.5 2019-02-13 https://skillcult.com/blog/buckstop monthly 0.5 2019-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1549411860258-PRGAEZVQ73KQM9V6M6XV/P1180921.jpg Blog - The BuckStop is Here! Training ProphylAXis For Bucking Firewood Safely https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1549609015495-8S44HF3K3D9BHW3GZGTP/P1180931.JPG Blog - The BuckStop is Here! Training ProphylAXis For Bucking Firewood Safely https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1549412187127-8H5SKPVJDTMB8FPPMORU/image-asset.png Blog - The BuckStop is Here! Training ProphylAXis For Bucking Firewood Safely Celebrity Axeman of old, Peter McLaren’s Manual of axe work put out by the Plumb Tool company. 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Note that most initiate right at the juncture of the eye and wood, which is vulnerable for a number of reasons addressed in this article. The end of the handle seems to be the least vulnerable to breakage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1543000560569-I4RNSK5YUPKY0R066MI5/fixed+design+parameters+scan+final.jpg Blog - Axe Handle Breakage, Designing For Resiliency, Weak Links and Stress Distribution Some important design parameters that are essentially fixed by head design. I think it benefits us to design around these givens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1542686066909-2U9SSUVYM4WG9TT2L4TR/AXE+HANDLE+BOW+TILLERING+COMPARISON.jpg Blog - Axe Handle Breakage, Designing For Resiliency, Weak Links and Stress Distribution A good analogous art to handle making is bow making. If arcs are not gradual due to sudden changes in shape, like lumps or thin spots, stress stacks up at those points increasing the likelihood of failure. a thin spot in a bow that causes an uneven arc is somewhat similar to a thick handle suddenly ramping down to a thin eye. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1543000133234-RKP03ZHP6AL79NEKEE8G/stress+risers+final.jpg Blog - Axe Handle Breakage, Designing For Resiliency, Weak Links and Stress Distribution Stress stacks up at sudden changes in size/mass/shape of a material. My assumption is that the more gradual the transitions are, the safer they are, although the execution of that idea in handle making must still be informed by ergonomics and overall functionality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1543000049592-PNYUDTH92Z1K75NOZOD6/fixed+design+parameters+scan+final.jpg Blog - Axe Handle Breakage, Designing For Resiliency, Weak Links and Stress Distribution Designing handles around the things we know we can’t really change is a really useful approach to take. There are not that many givens, but they are important to keep in mind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1542999712278-8LC0MRINXRL4NUZVQ4NT/four+reasons+axe+handles+break+near+the+eye+final+.jpg Blog - Axe Handle Breakage, Designing For Resiliency, Weak Links and Stress Distribution https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1542999813130-AY05NH32AACNN6WRPJB1/stress+concentration+scan+final.jpg Blog - Axe Handle Breakage, Designing For Resiliency, Weak Links and Stress Distribution Concentration of stress is not just a result of a stiff, heavy handle, but of viewing the areas of the handle out of context of the rest. Overbuilding one part of the system leads to concentration of stress in another. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1543034877949-CZ5MQOA65AISN7F8E8MH/basque+axe.jpg Blog - Axe Handle Breakage, Designing For Resiliency, Weak Links and Stress Distribution A commercially produced basque axe handle, which tapers steadily it’s whole length. This would seem to leave the thickness somewhat more in proportional to the amount of stress that each section is exposed to. having not used this much yet, I don’t have a lot to say about how it functions, but some advantages are obvious. This is the primitive axe configuration which modern axes evolved from with a wrapped eye and friction fit handle that drops in from the top. Wedging axes from the top and making eyes about as small as we can reasonably get away with, has incurred some new problems. If we had stuck with this configuration, nearly this entire article would be unnecessary. That is not a recommendation. It seems unlikely that this design was evolved away from for no good reason at all doesn’t it? BTW, this handle it quite thin and not hickory. I think it is Beech wood. Thickness about 3/4” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1543019622635-B71FMKTJL6J6LF3A11K7/thick+handles+v.s.+solutions+final.jpg Blog - Axe Handle Breakage, Designing For Resiliency, Weak Links and Stress Distribution https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1543032321344-68V5IKRWM3WL5M46MBEA/tuned+council+boy%27s+axe.jpg Blog - Axe Handle Breakage, Designing For Resiliency, Weak Links and Stress Distribution Kudos to the Council Tool Company for continuing to make normal, functional axe handles. I still prefer to tune them down quite a bit, but they are pretty usable out of the box, unlike many modern examples. https://skillcult.com/blog/tanningmaterials monthly 0.5 2018-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1541171292594-K96X9BOXDEPY8UVFSAF4/P1170436.jpg Blog - Vegetable Tanning Materials, Tannin Rich Barks, Roots and Leaves Used to Tan Skins and Hides Into Leather https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1541171436906-XWT89J0QTF9V38GZI6XZ/P1170453.jpg Blog - Vegetable Tanning Materials, Tannin Rich Barks, Roots and Leaves Used to Tan Skins and Hides Into Leather All of these tanning materials are available in my immediate surroundings, probably within 200 yards, and that is with only one of 4 species of oak represented. Left to Right, Tan Oak bark, Douglas’ Fir bark, Madrone bark, Willow bark, Manzanita leaves, Persimmon (unripe fruit and possibly leaves), English (aka Carpathian)Walnut hulls, Artichoke leaf and rosemary. Some of these are unrpoven, but no doubt all are high in tannins. That doesn’t mean they will make good leather, but they can also be blended together. Blending is very common in vegetable tanning to take advantage of the good qualities of a material, or offset their negative characteristics or deficiencies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1541166423465-XY8Q6U9IL3Y7Z5SX8EOA/DSC_0475.jpg Blog - Vegetable Tanning Materials, Tannin Rich Barks, Roots and Leaves Used to Tan Skins and Hides Into Leather This liquor is weak! Just because there is color, does not mean there is any appreciable tannin. The hide will not be well preserved and will eventually become damaged. This depletion of strength can happen in as little as 24 hours when the hide is first put in. After it becomes partly tanned, the process slows down and solution can be strengthened, and will remain strong for longer periods of time. This is probably the most common and worst group of vegetable tanning mistakes. Using weak materials, starting with too weak solutions, letting strong solutions become weak and long intervals in weak solutions. It is okay to use weak solutions to start or let them sit for a short periods of time, but in the beginning, strength should be building gradually and the solution should be strong enough for longer soaks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1541166887463-Z3Y95GBTA7X3DRK4IGNV/DSC_0094.jpg Blog - Vegetable Tanning Materials, Tannin Rich Barks, Roots and Leaves Used to Tan Skins and Hides Into Leather Small skins, and trimmings from larger ones, offer good opportunity for practice and experimenting with different materials. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1541172064192-32HFIG7IQ6IUV1VJIGNJ/DSC_0134.jpg Blog - Vegetable Tanning Materials, Tannin Rich Barks, Roots and Leaves Used to Tan Skins and Hides Into Leather For many, a drawknife is a good tool for removing bark, especially if the bark is dried at times when the bark will not peel off. If the material is shaved off in thin small pieces, further processing may not be necessary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1541211416191-J7KNUVF8LAKTDJNGLPVH/P1170504.JPG Blog - Vegetable Tanning Materials, Tannin Rich Barks, Roots and Leaves Used to Tan Skins and Hides Into Leather https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1541211636399-UVVO84944VFSYM0WBJDO/rossing+tan+bark.jpg Blog - Vegetable Tanning Materials, Tannin Rich Barks, Roots and Leaves Used to Tan Skins and Hides Into Leather Rossing off the ross, the rough dead outermost bark on older trees. An optional step for sure. Some sources say that including the ross will make the leather poor. I don’t usually do it except when it’s very thick. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1541167035395-494WFGFG2QTNIXKA1ZIZ/P1170450.jpg Blog - Vegetable Tanning Materials, Tannin Rich Barks, Roots and Leaves Used to Tan Skins and Hides Into Leather Douglas’ Fir Bark. One source says tannin is higher in the younger trees. The Muir McDonald tannery apparently preferred old growth bark, which they mixed with quebracho extract in later years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1541244166079-CZJ6FIMRNLANY72QVTOR/P1170541.JPG Blog - Vegetable Tanning Materials, Tannin Rich Barks, Roots and Leaves Used to Tan Skins and Hides Into Leather Tanbark oak, now usually just called tan oak. My staple tannin source. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1541212216938-48VK96YNCCFD3ZANQ82T/P1170545.JPG Blog - Vegetable Tanning Materials, Tannin Rich Barks, Roots and Leaves Used to Tan Skins and Hides Into Leather Alder. The tannin is said to be easier to extract from young trees and branches. It makes an orange-ish color. The “cones” are also said to be a good source of tannin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1541212401887-HIKKR4T2IGCXZCZAS6BM/P1170499.JPG Blog - Vegetable Tanning Materials, Tannin Rich Barks, Roots and Leaves Used to Tan Skins and Hides Into Leather Something I’ve been wanting to try is this bark that sheds freely from the trunk of some Eucalyptus. It can be picked up in large quantities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1541212558300-OY8HKCEF4HV3B5JQI91D/P1170480.JPG Blog - Vegetable Tanning Materials, Tannin Rich Barks, Roots and Leaves Used to Tan Skins and Hides Into Leather These oak chips were pretty light colored until they were rained on bringing the tannins out. Wood is fairly common source of tannin, but mostly just from a few species. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1541167197039-5IZXWVUXXQJJPKMYQ2PH/P1170441.jpg Blog - Vegetable Tanning Materials, Tannin Rich Barks, Roots and Leaves Used to Tan Skins and Hides Into Leather Acorn cups from the gold cup oak, aka maul or canyon live, oak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1540066509547-PZ5IMXFVPZKK2HT40ZXX/Screen+Shot+2018-10-20+at+11.45.07+AM.png Blog - Vegetable Tanning Materials, Tannin Rich Barks, Roots and Leaves Used to Tan Skins and Hides Into Leather https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1540066634782-LAAWPX2GEDUWYW7AMD15/Screen+Shot+2018-10-20+at+11.45.27+AM.png Blog - Vegetable Tanning Materials, Tannin Rich Barks, Roots and Leaves Used to Tan Skins and Hides Into Leather https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1540066754655-B6LL4NC5BKO3DOXNFUY2/Screen+Shot+2018-10-20+at+1.17.44+PM.png Blog - Vegetable Tanning Materials, Tannin Rich Barks, Roots and Leaves Used to Tan Skins and Hides Into Leather https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1540066814577-EPF4SVUOJ6J5YSUC2EXW/Screen+Shot+2018-10-20+at+1.17.55+PM.png Blog - Vegetable Tanning Materials, Tannin Rich Barks, Roots and Leaves Used to Tan Skins and Hides Into Leather https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1541167388393-8NAV1BM5VZ94ANCY08RG/P1170443.jpg Blog - Vegetable Tanning Materials, Tannin Rich Barks, Roots and Leaves Used to Tan Skins and Hides Into Leather Crushed Sumach leaves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1541213911202-ABWMU3DWY2Q0OWWKAS6F/P1170467.JPG Blog - Vegetable Tanning Materials, Tannin Rich Barks, Roots and Leaves Used to Tan Skins and Hides Into Leather Manzanita leaves, could be gathered in huge quantities where they occur. The small species Arctostaphylos Uva Ursi, which is very common in the northern band of forests and was apparently used in Sweden and Russia as a tanning agent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1541214199390-1F04XNF9XU4R13AD6J3D/P1170497.JPG Blog - Vegetable Tanning Materials, Tannin Rich Barks, Roots and Leaves Used to Tan Skins and Hides Into Leather My small horde of Canaigre or Tanner’s Dock, gathered for me by tanner friends Bethany and Kevin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1541260775481-4GQ3YSANVOESI9SUM4K1/P1170559.jpg Blog - Vegetable Tanning Materials, Tannin Rich Barks, Roots and Leaves Used to Tan Skins and Hides Into Leather Docks of many species are common around the world, often in disturbed soils. They can be superabundant and often have large tap roots. This is whatever random species happens to grow here on the homestead. In town I know fields where the are acres of fields with very dense populations. Often the easiest way to spot and identify them is the tall deep rust colored stalks. I would hazard a guess that they are probably that color due in part to a high tannin content. Given their commonness and usual abundance, they seem worth experimenting with. One source on Tanner’s dock, recommends cooking below boiling and gently to avoid extracting too much of the starch, so I would tend to follow that advice when experimenting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1541167552688-0M6ZMK993ZNWI9P20Z50/DSC00514.jpg Blog - Vegetable Tanning Materials, Tannin Rich Barks, Roots and Leaves Used to Tan Skins and Hides Into Leather Oak galls on Valley White Oak, Quercus Lobata. Easy to gather and process, high in tannin, but so far not that useful to me in tanning. Other oak galls are well known to make quality, soft leather. These have tended to make harsh, brittle leather with what I find to be an unpleasant dark brown color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1541167740620-8QQ25MMQ76NJ09VX15QJ/P1170451.jpg Blog - Vegetable Tanning Materials, Tannin Rich Barks, Roots and Leaves Used to Tan Skins and Hides Into Leather Madrone bark peelings which fall off the tree every summer, every year. A renewable resource. I haven’t used them, but a friend has. These probably have very low fermentable carbohydrate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1541215022159-4LOHFJEWIJ36IMBRBACX/P1170488.JPG Blog - Vegetable Tanning Materials, Tannin Rich Barks, Roots and Leaves Used to Tan Skins and Hides Into Leather English, or Carpathian Walnut hulls. Allegedly 20% tannin content. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1540894746596-WN4SRVWS4D67PGESDW0A/Screen+Shot+2018-10-30+at+3.10.08+AM.png Blog - Vegetable Tanning Materials, Tannin Rich Barks, Roots and Leaves Used to Tan Skins and Hides Into Leather https://skillcult.com/blog/2018/10/14/tools-you-need-to-bark-tan-hides-amp-skins-into-leather-at-home-natual-vegetable-tan-process monthly 0.5 2018-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1539841195128-W2DLCU5G18XXXQNG9PO6/DSC01244.jpg Blog - Tools You Need to Bark Tan Hides & Skins Into Leather at Home; Traditional Vegetable Tanning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1539788325096-JV6ZXK9KXSZMD9LW44EY/Outils_de_tanneur.jpg Blog - Tools You Need to Bark Tan Hides & Skins Into Leather at Home; Traditional Vegetable Tanning Some tools of the Tanner and Currier, most of which are discussed in this article. The slate bladed two handled knife B is especially intriguing. I need to make me one of them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1539750282078-JJE4FG7TB8CXQWS3LY86/P1160312.jpg Blog - Tools You Need to Bark Tan Hides & Skins Into Leather at Home; Traditional Vegetable Tanning A collection of tanner’s knives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1539750633387-VH8TYPTLYKZ6VS8SKQWB/P1160593.jpg Blog - Tools You Need to Bark Tan Hides & Skins Into Leather at Home; Traditional Vegetable Tanning Wood and plastic beams. Left is the outside cur from a log mill and the other is cheap ABS, though PVC would be much better, thicker, more durable and heavier. I haven’t used plastic beams much, but I can see why people might need to use them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1539878712565-X48IJLNKFUVDSHLG16EO/DSC_0558.jpg Blog - Tools You Need to Bark Tan Hides & Skins Into Leather at Home; Traditional Vegetable Tanning If making a beam out of lumber, choose vertical grain like this over plain sawn face grain if possible as it will be less likely to crack. This is never a choice with a round or split log. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1539750712082-0H25ELQGZL45OHXBZHKX/P1160582.jpg Blog - Tools You Need to Bark Tan Hides & Skins Into Leather at Home; Traditional Vegetable Tanning Simple support that is easily taken down for transport. I would use 4x4’s next time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1539841304615-WM0OXI616N1HMRGOXHRP/DSC_0235.jpg Blog - Tools You Need to Bark Tan Hides & Skins Into Leather at Home; Traditional Vegetable Tanning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1539750873294-XMY9ZYWX0N2OWTV5OZ6K/Screen+Shot+2018-10-15+at+2.52.50+AM.png Blog - Tools You Need to Bark Tan Hides & Skins Into Leather at Home; Traditional Vegetable Tanning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1539752927235-GMPI76WF18UISWK6H4MS/P1160604.jpg Blog - Tools You Need to Bark Tan Hides & Skins Into Leather at Home; Traditional Vegetable Tanning Maintenance tools. The drawknife is probably more versatile and essential than the spokeshave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1539753546124-8MDZG5MS9X8BK1KGPC39/P1160610.jpg Blog - Tools You Need to Bark Tan Hides & Skins Into Leather at Home; Traditional Vegetable Tanning Better than any sprayer I’ve tried when you want high flow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1539753609229-6YLF0ELCQP1D8F0BF835/P1160613.jpg Blog - Tools You Need to Bark Tan Hides & Skins Into Leather at Home; Traditional Vegetable Tanning Passable spray pattern and volume if not as good as a purpose made sprayer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1539791817224-KE0E3EL0R3PJL79XNPL4/P1160590.jpg Blog - Tools You Need to Bark Tan Hides & Skins Into Leather at Home; Traditional Vegetable Tanning Stiff brushes for cleaning tubs, tools and beams are almost essential https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1539753969514-HTH1MVTBHYFRYPJ3LXTP/DSC_0103.jpg Blog - Tools You Need to Bark Tan Hides & Skins Into Leather at Home; Traditional Vegetable Tanning Surface on the right shows bloom deposited in the tanning process. The section on the left has been scrubbed clean with an old hair brush with medium bristles. The dark stain in the center is where the skin floated above the surface of the tan liquor :-/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1539778561316-KTO97DUA7EYE9HBUSJ2Y/P1160626.jpg Blog - Tools You Need to Bark Tan Hides & Skins Into Leather at Home; Traditional Vegetable Tanning Non-Essentials, but so nice to have! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1539779279417-IGWKV2H6NMDPI1ZCNPW8/P1160600.jpg Blog - Tools You Need to Bark Tan Hides & Skins Into Leather at Home; Traditional Vegetable Tanning The common rectangular plastic storage tubs with lids are the most versatile. Choose designs that can be rained on without funneling any water into the tub if possible. Some do not have that kind of overhang on the lids, or have holes of some kind on the edges. All of these others also get used, but none are particularly better than rectangular tubs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1539779965255-P6UZJ2GW4RVX0ZY97Y7N/IMG_0258.jpg Blog - Tools You Need to Bark Tan Hides & Skins Into Leather at Home; Traditional Vegetable Tanning Primitive and slow, but effective enough. The benefits are that it makes you slow down and chill out, and it’s good hatchet practice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1539788535157-AWX5XX49FSJQ6H5UGYK1/DSC00928.jpg Blog - Tools You Need to Bark Tan Hides & Skins Into Leather at Home; Traditional Vegetable Tanning A 3 gallon stainless stock pot. Get 20 quarts or larger if you can afford it or better, repurpose a stainless beer keg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1539780865610-Q5VK7I8BQ495VFANCMXV/IMG_5376.jpg Blog - Tools You Need to Bark Tan Hides & Skins Into Leather at Home; Traditional Vegetable Tanning My pool filter housing bark boiler, aka the MEGA CANNER. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1539780562687-FWJ23IUPMI4SQK7X5IAJ/DSC_0233.jpg Blog - Tools You Need to Bark Tan Hides & Skins Into Leather at Home; Traditional Vegetable Tanning Happiness is tan liquor on tap. It doesn’t get any better than this folks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1539782173295-TYJVXZCKOEZWKDD6GRI8/bark+tanning+tools.jpg Blog - Tools You Need to Bark Tan Hides & Skins Into Leather at Home; Traditional Vegetable Tanning A large sheet of salvaged structural plastic that I use as a slicking board. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1539800375283-N769BUZ209EKSA37HIUW/DSC_0125.jpg Blog - Tools You Need to Bark Tan Hides & Skins Into Leather at Home; Traditional Vegetable Tanning Cattle leather oiled and pasted out to boards to dry with the slicker. When working with thick skins, the board texture will not show through. When finishing thin skins, you will need a smooth surface unless the skin is to be softened later, or the wood grain will show through on the hide’s grain surface. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1539841484597-W28CZG3SU2ZP2IO1Q1AC/Scan+6.jpeg Blog - Tools You Need to Bark Tan Hides & Skins Into Leather at Home; Traditional Vegetable Tanning Vintage slickers from the museum area of the Muir McDonald Tannery in Dallas Oregon, now sadly closed. Both are slate. In the tool on the left, it appears that there may be screws for clamping the slate into the handle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1539800908540-FX738YIR1G033ZOXZDAA/Scan+4.jpeg Blog - Tools You Need to Bark Tan Hides & Skins Into Leather at Home; Traditional Vegetable Tanning Glass plate in a leather working machine. This partly replaced and augmented the slicker. This may be the scariest machine I’ve ever seen in operation. Muir McDonald Tannery, used to polish the grain of tooling leather. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1539782990419-KGOBI2WYYMRETBLTYTSI/DSC_0147.jpg Blog - Tools You Need to Bark Tan Hides & Skins Into Leather at Home; Traditional Vegetable Tanning Smoothing the grain and flattening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1539783063249-UPVESJBY8T2IXJ3VF8XQ/P1160568.jpg Blog - Tools You Need to Bark Tan Hides & Skins Into Leather at Home; Traditional Vegetable Tanning Home made slate slicker 1/4 inch thick and a slab of repurposed jade with the edges polished https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1539792234163-5FHLL0A05JG5VQ8ITWWJ/P1160571.jpg Blog - Tools You Need to Bark Tan Hides & Skins Into Leather at Home; Traditional Vegetable Tanning ideal slicker edge is evenly radiused and polished. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1539785711025-L86TID13FGHLP820N9C5/DSC_0166+copy.jpg Blog - Tools You Need to Bark Tan Hides & Skins Into Leather at Home; Traditional Vegetable Tanning The slicker at work dealing with wrinkly edges. This tool is always used with fat as a lubricant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1539836981740-4ODWIZYB3VPB3ERY6QEP/slicker%2C+iron+diagram.jpeg Blog - Tools You Need to Bark Tan Hides & Skins Into Leather at Home; Traditional Vegetable Tanning My current ideal slicking iron prototype. I would favor a thick blade. This is a tool where weight and rigidity can be advantageous. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1539792480996-YNEVQSV94UZ100U66TXJ/P1160577.jpg Blog - Tools You Need to Bark Tan Hides & Skins Into Leather at Home; Traditional Vegetable Tanning A serviceable homemade sicking iron and a cheap dough scraper. The dough scraper is on the thin side, is already rusting and should be modified to narrow it. It is probably better to check in with local scrap yards, metal fabricators and sheet metal workers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1539785398356-LWIF38MFFGQACM9IJG4T/DSC_0099.jpg Blog - Tools You Need to Bark Tan Hides & Skins Into Leather at Home; Traditional Vegetable Tanning This paunchy spot was eventually flattened completely by persistent work with the slicking iron and slicker. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1539786144686-MGP4OW60WDZPN901NGM7/DSC_0211+2.jpg Blog - Tools You Need to Bark Tan Hides & Skins Into Leather at Home; Traditional Vegetable Tanning The same hide flattened, smoothed, pasted with fat to the board and left to dry slowly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1539816429799-0JE55PZQ9FYRY192FWGV/bark+horse+in+frame.jpeg Blog - Tools You Need to Bark Tan Hides & Skins Into Leather at Home; Traditional Vegetable Tanning Horse sides framed for drying. Not the best solution in terms of labor and material conservation. It also does not provide the best options for flattening and smoothing the skin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1539788163778-5C80EKFFK84JPKVRCRH2/currier.jpg Blog - Tools You Need to Bark Tan Hides & Skins Into Leather at Home; Traditional Vegetable Tanning Old engraving of a Currier at work with an arm board. If you look closely, you can see that the artist illustrated the wooden teeth on the sole of the board https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1539789103630-8X38Z2TCATQVDN89W8NN/DSC00577.jpg Blog - Tools You Need to Bark Tan Hides & Skins Into Leather at Home; Traditional Vegetable Tanning Postion for graining process. Note the ridged graining board contacts the flesh side only. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1539837594264-R6J0KWLB522ZUJI7BU73/DSC_0481.jpg Blog - Tools You Need to Bark Tan Hides & Skins Into Leather at Home; Traditional Vegetable Tanning Surface produced by graining https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1539788810126-PXNLJA2J3U5SHU3GVS2T/DSC00568.jpg Blog - Tools You Need to Bark Tan Hides & Skins Into Leather at Home; Traditional Vegetable Tanning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1539789039388-LH633UV18FCID564E2ZM/DSC00575.jpg Blog - Tools You Need to Bark Tan Hides & Skins Into Leather at Home; Traditional Vegetable Tanning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1539790069022-42100OEFBDOZJFAL6B8V/Muir+mcdonald+graining+board.jpeg Blog - Tools You Need to Bark Tan Hides & Skins Into Leather at Home; Traditional Vegetable Tanning An antique cork faced arm board from the Muir McDonald Tannery in Dallas Oregon. Note that the cork is partially worn off on the front of the tool https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1539790609276-WUHQ31I6UDOJ9NHNX09G/FC0813-C.jpg Blog - Tools You Need to Bark Tan Hides & Skins Into Leather at Home; Traditional Vegetable Tanning Fancy Antique cork soled board. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1539790791466-HDQTSMGD0F0DTDVC2WQM/DSC00825.jpg Blog - Tools You Need to Bark Tan Hides & Skins Into Leather at Home; Traditional Vegetable Tanning The mallet for compressing and firming leather should be dead smooth. Use the densest wood available. The hide underneath in the foreground has been pounded leaving it about 1/3 thinner, much denser, stiffer and polished. Otherwise, it was exactly the same as the top piece. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1539791023676-OCYHNXZEQX7E84LCS2DA/P1160522.jpg Blog - Tools You Need to Bark Tan Hides & Skins Into Leather at Home; Traditional Vegetable Tanning A simple portable stake used for classes. A fixed stake or one on a heavy base is better if you’re going to use it a lot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1539791127070-J9O9RCHK41Y9BAPE70ZA/P1160565.jpg Blog - Tools You Need to Bark Tan Hides & Skins Into Leather at Home; Traditional Vegetable Tanning Use stainless steel screws https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1539791383567-CZ1510A7CDQ7VH4AB2C6/Scan+2.jpeg Blog - Tools You Need to Bark Tan Hides & Skins Into Leather at Home; Traditional Vegetable Tanning A good stake blade design for the home tanner. https://skillcult.com/blog/2018/10/6/spoiler-alert-bite-me-delivers-the-goods-early-oct-2018-apple-variety-taste-testing-with-new-seedling-apples monthly 0.5 2018-10-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1538863146360-NDYAE7EWTLDRFAUY1H28/bite+me+propaganda+2.jpg Blog - Spoiler Alert, BITE ME Delivers the Goods! Early Oct 2018 Apple Variety Taste Testing, With New Seedling Apples https://skillcult.com/blog/2018/9/28/dfq7793wy87bzxetut74ufi7jhf0k4 monthly 0.5 2018-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1538177682135-FC68YIKV9JLUKW9L4X0H/Screen+Shot+2018-09-28+at+11.01.13+AM.png Blog - The Venerated Golden Harvey, A Late Keeping, Heirloom, Dessert and Cider Apple of Alleged Surpassing Quality https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1538177073332-IMEGKXZJ6XVIYDOZUWDA/Screen+Shot+2018-09-28+at+4.21.42+PM.png Blog - The Venerated Golden Harvey, A Late Keeping, Heirloom, Dessert and Cider Apple of Alleged Surpassing Quality https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1538170271939-1U8T4CBP2NLDWIR7PNA5/Screen+Shot+2018-09-28+at+2.29.55+PM.png Blog - The Venerated Golden Harvey, A Late Keeping, Heirloom, Dessert and Cider Apple of Alleged Surpassing Quality THE SIBERIAN HARVEY. Check out the RHS collection of apple watercolors here! https://www.rhs.org.uk/education-learning/libraries-at-rhs/collections/library-online/heritage-apples/hookers-paintings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1538175734145-VC2RYDA4B9KNVV7KL2XT/Screen+Shot+2018-09-28+at+9.08.30+AM.png Blog - The Venerated Golden Harvey, A Late Keeping, Heirloom, Dessert and Cider Apple of Alleged Surpassing Quality REDLEAF RUSSET, POSSIBLE OFFSPRING OF GOLDEN HARVEY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1538232319670-MUXZ2TZA32HWVGOY2V50/Screen+Shot+2018-09-28+at+9.29.40+AM.png Blog - The Venerated Golden Harvey, A Late Keeping, Heirloom, Dessert and Cider Apple of Alleged Surpassing Quality https://skillcult.com/blog/2018/9/19/early-fall-apple-tasting-september-2018 monthly 0.5 2018-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1537449435357-LBV9APFGGD23DUMJSS93/P1160394.jpg Blog - Early Fall Apple Tasting, September, 2018- New Seedling + New and Heirloom Varieties Open pollinated Wickson seedling #3, 2011 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1537615463667-FXWT6715100LTWZ09O1F/P1160367.jpg Blog - Early Fall Apple Tasting, September, 2018- New Seedling + New and Heirloom Varieties Even though the fruits are covered with foot sox for protection, they are still a gorgeous deep red color. Uncovered spots that get more light are even darker in color. The conic shape is reminiscent of wickson, but it averages quite a bit larger. https://skillcult.com/blog/2018/9/17/the-tanners-knife-an-essential-multipurpose-tool monthly 0.5 2018-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1537231455574-FKXK9T4H4I7U83QUXTIC/P1160238.jpg Blog - The Tanner's Knife, An Essential Multipurpose Tanning Tool for Fleshing, Dehairing, Scudding and Frizzing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1537298781781-FIQ819KO5ACSY5F3XZKO/P1160236.jpg Blog - The Tanner's Knife, An Essential Multipurpose Tanning Tool for Fleshing, Dehairing, Scudding and Frizzing Traditional style knives. From the top down, A cheaper modern version @ 16”, W.H.Horn & Bro’s England 15” edge-3-3/8” wide- 27” total length, Horn Brand cut down to a 12 inch blade by someone who probably thought 16 inches was too long. I just saw a picture online of one cut down exactly the same way. It even had a similar handle. Just goes to show, those super wide tools are for use by professionals in a professional setting and not suited to everyone and every task. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1537236783981-WXD487AXITBDIY45EWJY/W.H.+Horn+fleshing+knife+from+ends.jpg Blog - The Tanner's Knife, An Essential Multipurpose Tanning Tool for Fleshing, Dehairing, Scudding and Frizzing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1537237148707-Y4E7YF4682JR378A810E/P1160256.jpg Blog - The Tanner's Knife, An Essential Multipurpose Tanning Tool for Fleshing, Dehairing, Scudding and Frizzing For whatever combination of reasons, these are the tools I’m most likely to grab first. The. traditional wide knife is worn back, making the edge closer in line with the handles, which is more stable when doing hard work. The second is forged from a wagon leaf spring, 3/16” thick, 20” long, 1.5” wide. The working edge is only 9.25”, but there is plenty of working room between the handles. If I made a knife like this again it would have a 10” or 11” working edge. the handles are antler. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1537237467761-IO4V4XJ79LJDQMTBR24E/P1160265.jpg Blog - The Tanner's Knife, An Essential Multipurpose Tanning Tool for Fleshing, Dehairing, Scudding and Frizzing If the tool is too short and narrow, you will not be able to use it on wide beams like this one, because the handles will interfere. It also doesn’t give you a lot of real estate to work with on the edge. If the hands are held too close together, it can become less ergonomic to work. The wider your shoulders, the wider the tool could be. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1537365863915-GT2JHKS6EOT9566BDXSL/P1160312.jpg Blog - The Tanner's Knife, An Essential Multipurpose Tanning Tool for Fleshing, Dehairing, Scudding and Frizzing If a straight line is drawn from one corner of the edge to the other, the distance from that straight line to the tool edge at the center of the tools are as follows Top to Bottom: 9” long, 5/16” to edge, 15” long, 3/4” 16” long, 3/4” 12” long 1/2” Bottom tool, not measured https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1537237940493-G5DYHDMREG4YWW4RQZ12/P1160263.jpg Blog - The Tanner's Knife, An Essential Multipurpose Tanning Tool for Fleshing, Dehairing, Scudding and Frizzing Miscellaneous steel items that could be used to make a tanner’s knife. Left to right, a set of car leaf springs, section of leaf spring, chainsaw bar, lawnmower blade, planer blades https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1537239339048-ONCMQPH0PI8RKHWE2LOC/P1160294.jpg Blog - The Tanner's Knife, An Essential Multipurpose Tanning Tool for Fleshing, Dehairing, Scudding and Frizzing Tools made from planer blades. The top three are made from narrow blades and pretty short. The top two have handles made of wood covered with rubber or vinyl tubing. the third is antler handled and the fourth is a short blade tied into a slotted wooden handle, giving a longer working edge on a short blade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1537238270196-1D18I55UNYLAUKGS1S2O/P1160270.jpg Blog - The Tanner's Knife, An Essential Multipurpose Tanning Tool for Fleshing, Dehairing, Scudding and Frizzing Planer blades can’t be drilled or sawn easily. To shorten, grind from both sides until thin, clamp in a vice, then break off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1537238383534-XXFGH62X383QI56ER2JE/P1160275.jpg Blog - The Tanner's Knife, An Essential Multipurpose Tanning Tool for Fleshing, Dehairing, Scudding and Frizzing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1537238895229-1SWCHV93IIPRHG06ASCX/P1160277.jpg Blog - The Tanner's Knife, An Essential Multipurpose Tanning Tool for Fleshing, Dehairing, Scudding and Frizzing Vinyl tubing with wood. Grind handle section down to 1” wide. Wood 1” wide. Vinyl tubing 1” available by the foot and many hardware stores. total length 4” to 4.5” Some will just pound tubing over the flat wide handle, but it’s very uncomfortable for protracted use. The wood can be any easily split straight grained wood. There is no reason to use hardwood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1537239076296-781Q6VYXMX20A1SAUO82/P1160302.jpg Blog - The Tanner's Knife, An Essential Multipurpose Tanning Tool for Fleshing, Dehairing, Scudding and Frizzing Antler handles set while wet and boiling hot at least 1.5” deep, deeper is better. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1537239141935-45QIRJ8S8MSQIXLQ5K18/P1160285.jpg Blog - The Tanner's Knife, An Essential Multipurpose Tanning Tool for Fleshing, Dehairing, Scudding and Frizzing The width of the blade should roughly match the width of the honeycombed pith. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1537239183024-E84R131HOR2PS2PBJI0F/P1160292.jpg Blog - The Tanner's Knife, An Essential Multipurpose Tanning Tool for Fleshing, Dehairing, Scudding and Frizzing Grind the end of the bar to a slight wedge and round off all sharp edges. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1537383240745-4VOOORV1H3AX75N4T5PQ/P1160320.jpg Blog - The Tanner's Knife, An Essential Multipurpose Tanning Tool for Fleshing, Dehairing, Scudding and Frizzing Typical of old school quality, the two tools at the top have heavier, thicker tangs forge welded onto the blades, while the lower tool has a thin tang that is cut out of the same metal the body is made from. As a result, the thin, sharp edged tang has split the handle. The sad thing is, it’s much easier with modern welding to weld separate tangs on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1537383315739-8S761RQ74DZN9S7YGHJG/P1160307.jpg Blog - The Tanner's Knife, An Essential Multipurpose Tanning Tool for Fleshing, Dehairing, Scudding and Frizzing The older tools have full thick tangs that go through the handle to the end where they are pounded over like a rivet, making for much stronger handles that put less stress on the wood. I don’t think this is one of them, but I suspect that the new production Sheffield, English knife copies sold in the U.S. probably have these these type of cheap flat tangs. I may try to modify this tool to make is shorter with thicker tangs and handles that come more nearly straight to the sides instead of arcing downward. I’m thinking some small metal parts and some JB Weld… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1537383860150-1SPN3XOJO7EAFFKJ512Y/P1160317.jpg Blog - The Tanner's Knife, An Essential Multipurpose Tanning Tool for Fleshing, Dehairing, Scudding and Frizzing The common very cheap tools of mild steel like these should be avoided if you can afford something better. https://skillcult.com/blog/2018/8/25/some-august-apple-tasting monthly 0.5 2018-08-25 https://skillcult.com/blog/2018/8/12/apple-mosaic-virus-susceptible-varieties monthly 0.5 2018-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1534395330768-OOCS6RK7ZVIOTAH5MCYV/P1160113.JPG Blog - Apple Mosaic Virus, Susceptible Varieties in My Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1534118075164-CM4KK3FLQSY6R0O2OMQY/P1160090.JPG Blog - Apple Mosaic Virus, Susceptible Varieties in My Collection https://skillcult.com/blog/2018/8/1/easy-summer-chip-bud-grafting-demonstration-w-mark-albert monthly 0.5 2018-08-01 https://skillcult.com/blog/2018/7/31/nectarines-over-almonds-grafting-onto-seedling-almonds-with-summer-chip-budding monthly 0.5 2018-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1533061170232-OHKP9MT6H8OEB872SHTE/almond+roots+2.jpg Blog - Nectarines over Almonds, Grafting Onto Seedling Almonds With Summer Chip Budding https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1533062704917-M4IAAV9OLWGCE5E3HKL8/Edward-J-Wickson-1907.jpg Blog - Nectarines over Almonds, Grafting Onto Seedling Almonds With Summer Chip Budding Wickson looks a little stodgy, but he had a pretty good sense of humor brewing under that stern countenance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1533061893383-R1BMHQ1KTNXV9EMLQLPP/chip+budding+w%3A+mark.jpg Blog - Nectarines over Almonds, Grafting Onto Seedling Almonds With Summer Chip Budding Chip budding with Mark Albert https://skillcult.com/blog/2018/7/24/damaged-anvil-edges-do-they-really-need-to-be-repaired monthly 0.5 2018-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1532452735108-F8TRV07882KPLTAN0N9L/P1150817+2.JPG Blog - Damaged Anvil Edges, Do They Really Need to be Repaired? Work First, Worry Later! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1532452622999-KY5YL25QIC1ZL72PFP2C/pete.JPG Blog - Damaged Anvil Edges, Do They Really Need to be Repaired? Work First, Worry Later! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1532454324626-TPKQ7GPWM5JPTHAGDRRH/P1150822.JPG Blog - Damaged Anvil Edges, Do They Really Need to be Repaired? Work First, Worry Later! If the damaged edges are rounded off, they will be more useful. They are also less likely to be chip away even further. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1532453023278-1VN1VDSBO025XQWUFIFT/P1150813.JPG Blog - Damaged Anvil Edges, Do They Really Need to be Repaired? Work First, Worry Later! 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Work First, Worry Later! https://skillcult.com/blog/2018/7/21/chopping-off-31-years-of-dreadlocks-some-of-my-history-and-punk-influences monthly 0.5 2018-07-21 https://skillcult.com/blog/2018/6/8/thinning-apples-no-place-for-dummy-rules monthly 0.5 2019-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1528491291553-VTBHMZ3E26222TZU8HO2/P1150597.jpg Blog - Thinning Apples, No Place for Dummy Rules https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1529111133039-C19IURSRHLDUDUD69888/apple+thinning+2.jpg Blog - Thinning Apples, No Place for Dummy Rules The hang loose rule of thumb (and forefinger :) is an okay reference point. Good when there are a lot of apples widely distributed on the tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1528491938815-5NRNRS5S1M1R54V40VDH/P1150597.jpg Blog - Thinning Apples, No Place for Dummy Rules Very small fruitlets are more difficult to assess. As they grow larger, scab, asymmetry and any other defects become more obvious. When still very small, the unfertilized fruitlets and other rejects will not have been cut off by the tree yet. It can take a while for them to show obvious signs of rejection, such as ceasing to grow and yellowing stems. So, at minimum, it is only reasonable to wait until rejection is obvious. When a little larger (center), defects like scab, lopsidedness and other damage are easier to spot when thinning fruits at a high pace. The apple on the right has already suffered bird damage on June 8th. Leaving a little extra fruit can absorb some of this later damage from birds, insects, hail, diseases or whatever menaces you have around your part of the world. A piece of information saying that thinning early favors fruit size of remaining fruit is useful to have, but it is wise to ask "in what context is that information useful". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1528492415027-F1WY7F95NG1HI0G7RPF3/P1150560.jpg Blog - Thinning Apples, No Place for Dummy Rules While I prefer not to leave apples touching each other, my allegiance here is to the seeds inside these hand pollinated apples, Suntan x Grenadine. In other cases I many have only a few apples of a variety and I'll take my chances that a moth will lay eggs in between two or three apples or bag them very early. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1528493813362-IL7U74QWDHIPTNAF78F1/P1150531.jpg Blog - Thinning Apples, No Place for Dummy Rules These apples are too crowded. William's Pride is a quite large variety and the combined weight of these at maturity could break this small branch. I thinned some more off today, but not to an "ideal" number. These are well past recommended thinning size, but the apples were already pre-thinned once and a late second thinning can give time for damage and depredation to occur as well as for physiological problems to show up. Thinning apples adequately and early may result in increased size of the remaining fruit, but size is not usually very important to home growers. It certainly isn't to me. Birds ravage this variety every year, and bird damage will start any time now. Leaving some extra fruit will ultimately mean that I eat more apples. In that context I don't care how big they are. Last year I probably ate one or two mangled partial apples off this tree. The rest were bird, raccoon and possum food. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1528494785280-GL0P2OBN1QKJ64ZXYZHV/P1150581.jpg Blog - Thinning Apples, No Place for Dummy Rules While I don't lose a lot of sleep over fruitlet size when thinning, I don't like to see many clusters of apples up to an inch and more like this one. Some significant resources of the tree must be wasted in thinning and it can become more difficult as the fruits and stems crowd and mature. Yet, it often happens. It's just hard to get to everything on time. Now that this blog post and video are laid to rest, the next week should see me on daily thinning patrols, managing the largest fruitlets first and catching up with everything else as things mature. Right now they range all the way from 3/8 inch up to 1-1/2 inches or more and already taking some bird damage. With over 200 varieties of apples on the homestead here now, I have a long flowering season, which means that my situation is very different from a well managed orchard of one variety where the trees are best thinned in one pass during a short time. 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The phenomenon is very similar to the favoring of Wickson, both of which are commonly cited as favorite apples. A perfect Chestnut crab is remarkably rich and delicious. I've crossed it with Wickson, Maypole Crab, and others. I'm excited now to cross it with high quality russet types, especially Golden Russet, but my chestnut tree died, so I have to wait for a new branch to start flowering next year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1491930967169-82YYT0SNDLFNZCXZ01AN/DSC05458+2.JPG Blog - Apple Breeding, Promising Lines and Possibilities, What I'm Crossing and Pursuing Muscat De Venus, another probable Etter variety, small with high sugar and the unique taste that comes from crab genetics. it is not great out of hand eating to me, lacking balancing acidity, but I consider it a very promising breeding parent, thus the orange tags on these hand pollinated apples. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1491929746966-Z0ADF3WLV1P471PAZB7K/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Apple Breeding, Promising Lines and Possibilities, What I'm Crossing and Pursuing More Chestnut crab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1491929850673-C0GPZLGFT1N9S7FMPXNN/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Apple Breeding, Promising Lines and Possibilities, What I'm Crossing and Pursuing The apple I acquired from my friend Becca and refer to as Becca's Crab. About the size of a cherry, crisp, juicy and tasty, if a bit tannic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1491930027470-IDMEJS514OUY6W82YZFN/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Apple Breeding, Promising Lines and Possibilities, What I'm Crossing and Pursuing The beautiful cherry-like clusters of Becca's Crab inspired the concept of a "cherry apple". I've got apples with all the characteristics I'd want in my cherry apple, but getting them all together in one variety could take many crosses and crosses of crosses and crosses of crosses of crosses, if it's possible at all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1491922780103-PAPRLDCTXCSQU17Y5EYC/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Apple Breeding, Promising Lines and Possibilities, What I'm Crossing and Pursuing Grenadine left, with a grenadine seedling, right, that fruited last year and which very much resembles it's parent. While it will not be the amazing dessert apple I'm hoping to get eventually, it won't surprise me if it's an improvement on the problematic grenadine. More importantly, the excellent grenadine flavor is present in force and that is the reason I used Grenadine as a parent in the first place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1491923002021-QSHJT28ML9W3COS9VRYN/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Apple Breeding, Promising Lines and Possibilities, What I'm Crossing and Pursuing The velvety fleshed Rubaiyat. Great potential, but still represents a project that was far from finished by Albert Etter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1491922371663-CZNVK5SBKPXX1KM8G6IZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Apple Breeding, Promising Lines and Possibilities, What I'm Crossing and Pursuing William's Pride x Pink Parfait ? Could these two excellent eaters yield a redder apple that retains the fine qualities of it's parents? Or will reinforcing the red genes reinforce less desirable traits lurking in their genes at the same time? I'm going to find out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1491923181068-FXEB7FUDCYBS4R9LIJPY/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Apple Breeding, Promising Lines and Possibilities, What I'm Crossing and Pursuing Not particularly attractive russets. This trait has been long selected against in breeding. Unfortunately it is often accompanied by a unique and excellent type of quality and flavor that probably cannot be gotten in a non russet apple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1491924659399-X4U7KHCPMTHH3N02ZB5V/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Apple Breeding, Promising Lines and Possibilities, What I'm Crossing and Pursuing A more attractive russet, probably Egremont's Russet. It's easy to learn to appreciate the rustic, antiqued beauty of some russets once you taste them. 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Here you can see water flowing off the bed in large quantities. There is no covering at all on this bed. Even a thin sprinkling of compost or the like would help some. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1468499405349-JS3AYTDJY7OGF323NF4X/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Evils of Soil Crusting, Causes, Prevention and Rectification onions tucked in with a nice layer of manure slurry. It will protect the soil from crusting all season while providing other benefits as well. Water and air penetration seem excellent as far as I've seen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1468499526614-2D4CYF9QBW0EHXDV63HK/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Evils of Soil Crusting, Causes, Prevention and Rectification This photo shows a bed with 50% of charcoal in the top 6 inches of soil. Results are preliminary (only a year and a half) but so far so good. Water penetrates this bed readily without cultivation. Larger pieces of charcoal have migrated or floated to the top of the bed and provide quite a lot of cover (unexpected bonus) and the soil is more friable, even when somewhat compacted. The plants in it seem very happy. If I were setting up a backyard charcoal bed experiment now, I'd probably use a mix of 50% soil and 50% charcoal in a raised bed, with at least another 12 inches below the raised area dug and 10% of the soil replaced with charcoal. So the top would be 50% and the lower portion would be 10%. Of course you'd need fertilizers and organic matter, but char and mineral soil would be the base material. For the sake of argument, amending a 15 x 4 foot bed 12 inches tall to 50% would require a little over 1/2 yard of charcoal or 30 cubic feet (225 gallons) To amend the soil below that to 12 inches at 10% charcoal would require another 6 cubic feet (42 gallons). It may also be possible to amend with more or less of sand, pearlite, burned clay, vermiculite, etc, but I'd be inclined to start the experiment with the 50/50 char/soil mix. In my climate, such a bed could be cropped continually year round which could potentially produce a whole lot of food. Since the soil would be permanently aerated by the char, there would be no need for cultivation and no need to get a crop all the way out before putting the next one in. Weeds and root vegetables should pull out easily. Again, I'm more interested right now in whether it would function rather than whether it is feasible economically or practically or whatever, but my guess is that it will work and that it could be more than practical in some situations even if the charcoal had to be bought in. It just has to be viewed over time as an investment. 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Shell, limestone and marble, three common forms of calcium carbonate. Any of the stones may have any number of impurities, Magnesium being very common. Shells are probably ideal for tanning use since they are very pure being almost all calcium carbonate. They are also very easy to turn into lime. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1463854408211-CAD8Y55S8N0S5QC7ML41/image-asset.png Blog - What Type of Lime Should You Use for Tanning and Rawhide? Quicklime, also known as lime shells whether made of shells or rocks. As far as tanning goes, quicklime is just an interim stage. Voraciously thirsty, unstable and highly reactive, lime shells should be processed immediately. When quicklime is mentioned in old tanning literature it is often stated something like "take fresh burned lime". Easy to transport because of their light weight, lime shells were often delivered fresh and slaked immediately in the liming pits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1463853878958-C4JHHCRR61TUC6MTJF9A/image-asset.jpeg Blog - What Type of Lime Should You Use for Tanning and Rawhide? Dry lime hydrate, the stuff you can get at the local building supply, is made using small amounts of water, which causes the burned quicklime to disintegrate into a fine powder. This process doesn't always work on shells. At least use hot water with shells, then it might work. Really though, you should make lime putty at home. It is more stable and more potent than the dry hydrated lime. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1463854316333-DUGCMLNRFVD7Z6UL6KNJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - What Type of Lime Should You Use for Tanning and Rawhide? To make lime putty, just use more water. The solids will settle to the bottom of the storage container. https://skillcult.com/blog/2016/5/18/diy-japanese-axe-puck-whetstone-cheapest-and-bestest monthly 0.5 2016-05-18 https://skillcult.com/blog/2016/5/14/oak-gall-leather-tanning-experiments-and-the-horrible-horrors-of-case-hardening monthly 0.5 2016-05-15 https://skillcult.com/blog/2016/5/6/giant-leek-project-part-ii-planting-the-seedlings monthly 0.5 2016-05-07 https://skillcult.com/blog/2016/5/4/7z8uma2a8o4mp32z5yvhwarjep3xgi monthly 0.5 2016-05-04 https://skillcult.com/blog/2016/4/30/apple-breeding-planting-out-the-seedlings-in-nursery-rows monthly 0.5 2016-04-30 https://skillcult.com/blog/2016/4/27/straightening-an-axe-handle-by-steaming-and-limbering-the-fibers monthly 0.5 2016-04-27 https://skillcult.com/blog/2016/4/22/fatliquors-natural-emulsions-for-conditioning-tanned-leather monthly 0.5 2016-04-23 https://skillcult.com/blog/2016/4/16/pleaching-for-size-control-and-fruiting monthly 0.5 2016-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1460842939702-ORE015JNM1ZZS9QA8BV0/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Pleaching Trees for Size control and Fruiting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1460842972311-8EGCZSVWCK5LGDZ1Z8WM/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Pleaching Trees for Size control and Fruiting originally they trees were just tree prunings stuck in the ground for a bean trellis which rooted and grew. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1460842999159-JUWPA1XWMBFZZ9KI6OIQ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Pleaching Trees for Size control and Fruiting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1460843017935-RBUA0NAK8OMH0EO9YBCF/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Pleaching Trees for Size control and Fruiting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1460843040939-VEX94ZEI6NXKHKOQ8IFR/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Pleaching Trees for Size control and Fruiting https://skillcult.com/blog/2016/4/9/leek-starts-and-apple-pollen monthly 0.5 2016-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1460265788685-NUKTQEU6WQ6EFDCUPZ9T/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Leek Starts and Apple Pollen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1460265847845-AZRNJSK5BKIRQVACF2EI/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Leek Starts and Apple Pollen https://skillcult.com/blog/2016/4/8/april-apple-breeding-update-seedlings-and-blooms monthly 0.5 2016-04-09 https://skillcult.com/blog/2016/4/6/sinew-wrapped-axe-handle-experiment monthly 0.5 2016-04-07 https://skillcult.com/blog/2016/4/1/cool-axe-hatchet-technique-for-small-wood monthly 0.5 2016-04-02 https://skillcult.com/blog/2016/3/26/axe-cordwood-challenge-one-cord-one-year monthly 0.5 2016-03-27 https://skillcult.com/blog/2016/3/20/bulgarian-giant-leek monthly 0.5 2016-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1458523732304-1YKVAH2K1IXKGYC7EPY9/image-asset.png Blog - Bulgarian Giant Leek Project It can literally take only about 10 to 15 seconds to get from the soil to this point due to the tall growing habit and resultant lack of any major dirt cleaning. The larger one there is over 2 feet long. Of course the greens can still be saved for cooking or stock. It does take a long season to get them really big though. https://skillcult.com/blog/2016/3/17/wb4im325w9u1i4yl7dbq9lfv34x4bd monthly 0.5 2016-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1458241746993-1URAXWDI10DBYDDJ2Z6Y/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Tips for Frankentreeing and Framework Grafting Apple Trees The original Frankentree in 2015 with over 85 varieties in fruit, out of about 150 total grafts. Video at end of post. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1458243018656-POQK3X10BLZ163HWQHBU/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Tips for Frankentreeing and Framework Grafting Apple Trees This tree had to be grafted into a large stub after is was snapped off by a bear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1458332066878-HTXQLEBKMIJENHI1YRW3/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Tips for Frankentreeing and Framework Grafting Apple Trees The same hacked off tree a year later showing the still very open wound. Note also the water collecting and the black color from bacteria or mold. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1458245933999-28Q32ILBVMSC8NUIY5LH/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Tips for Frankentreeing and Framework Grafting Apple Trees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1458245952545-9I8M09ER6J1SKX5T04CC/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Tips for Frankentreeing and Framework Grafting Apple Trees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1458275363818-6ORHEHV1HTQ6G3XO0UBJ/image-asset.png Blog - Tips for Frankentreeing and Framework Grafting Apple Trees Bride of !Frankentree! at my neighbor's place. The limb in the background is mostly prepared, though I didn't end up grafting to every stubs on there. Some of these are spaced a little bit too close together, but can be thinned later. You can see that I've pretty much kept the main branches and then reduced the fruiting wood to stubs. See further down the page for photos of this tree after a seasons re-growth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1458246734543-0PRXGIF5ROOJLEZQ1Z2D/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Tips for Frankentreeing and Framework Grafting Apple Trees Bride of Frankentree sequence. Starting to prepare the uncut tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1458246759615-BUOTSPZPIDYBHGHM49SG/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Tips for Frankentreeing and Framework Grafting Apple Trees The prepared tree. The unfinished section on the left was left to the old variety, though it was pruned back more after this picture was taken. Not every stub that was left was used, but the tree was more or less ready to graft here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1458246802532-758J6H9JX9E8FVFQ2HB8/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Tips for Frankentreeing and Framework Grafting Apple Trees The mostly grafted tree. Note some grafts are probably 12 inches long. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1458247321561-L4BNRQFML16YDZ9E8TRT/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Tips for Frankentreeing and Framework Grafting Apple Trees Leafing out first spring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1458246827370-SD9GK599UN2UXO0Q2S43/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Tips for Frankentreeing and Framework Grafting Apple Trees Just a single seasons vigorous regrowth. The tree bore fruit the second year, though not a ton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1458276313031-88I813IV6FWAHQUTWB2N/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Tips for Frankentreeing and Framework Grafting Apple Trees Here is a bark graft. The part of the scion facing the wood is cut to a long sloping cut. Of course it is wrapped tightly and sealed up as in the photo near the top of the page. This is better when grafting large wood than splitting the wood itself open. They are easy and seem to take very well. The bark must have enough sap to slip easily from the wood though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1458278499820-Q1D1KHJZWLOW72IQSHKI/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Tips for Frankentreeing and Framework Grafting Apple Trees A healing whip and tongue graft showing the form. If you can make it look like this and there are no major gaps when you squeeze it together, you're good to go! For people that are not used to using a knife, this can be a challenge and is probably the biggest hurdle for most beginning grafters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1458247418407-UHNCTBO7OL1BX4BW9M7B/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Tips for Frankentreeing and Framework Grafting Apple Trees A side graft. The cut is made upward so as to not collect rain water. If made properly, it needs no wrapping or nailing in place. I will usually paint the whole cut area thick with grafting paint, though I didn't here. These are a gamble. Mine fail quite a bit, but they heal up pretty fast if they fail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1458276675396-RD4U1QOSC7CL75OSPP3B/image-asset.png Blog - Tips for Frankentreeing and Framework Grafting Apple Trees A healed side graft. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1458247691385-HFPA4G5JCCJQX06Z528C/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Tips for Frankentreeing and Framework Grafting Apple Trees A graft that was never unwrapped and constricted growth. At best, you slow the growth of the branch and at worst, the branch can break at that weak point. https://skillcult.com/blog/2016/3/10/how-to-cle monthly 0.5 2016-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1457674015428-0KTP6TN335WY0IDS0442/image-asset.jpeg Blog - How to Clean Out a Horizonatally Drilled Spring or Well The first time I cleaned the spring. I was surprised and pretty happy! https://skillcult.com/blog/2016/3/5/apple-breeding-series-planting-the-seeds monthly 0.5 2016-03-06 https://skillcult.com/blog/2016/2/29/a-look-at-a-re-grafted-apple-tree-one-year-later monthly 0.5 2016-03-01 https://skillcult.com/blog/2016/2/25/tricking-chickens-into-laying-where-you-want-them-to monthly 0.5 2016-02-25 https://skillcult.com/blog/2016/2/19/homestead-life-episode-2-a-day-on-the-homestead monthly 0.5 2016-02-19 https://skillcult.com/blog/2016/2/14/apple-tree-makeover-prepping-and-grafting-an-apple-tree-sucker monthly 0.5 2016-02-14 https://skillcult.com/blog/2016/2/5/splitting-firewood-5-just-splitting-some-wood monthly 0.5 2016-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454709627076-SB0RNMRCNMWVAQ67A74Z/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Splitting Wood by Hand, #5, Just Splitting Some Wood. These video stills helped me understand my technique better and will no doubt lead to further refinement. They are evenly spaced and shot at 24 frames per second, so covering just 9/24ths of a second. Notice how much faster the maul head travels from frames 4 to 6, due to a tightening of the radius of the swing. It is hardly visible in frame 6, too fast for the camera to catch. After frame 5, the arc revolves around my fixed wrist position. Between frames 5 and 9, my wrists move very little, but the head moves 4 feet or more. I'm not pushing the head through the wood, I'm whipping it on the end of this long handle to throw it through the wood. The force generated by this technique can be very powerful. It's about taking the mass you have to work with and accelerating it very fast using simple leverage. Also, note that because of that tighter radius, the angle of attack is significantly toward me. If the round were up on a block, that could put the mauls edge pointing dangerously at my ankles or feet... not to mention that I would have less time and distance in which to generate speed unless I'm 7 feet tall. A low block is an option, but requires moving each round onto the block. Of course, this much momentum is often unnecessary. Splitting blocks are great sometimes, but I've come to use them less and less for the type of splitting I'm usually doing around here. https://skillcult.com/blog/2016/1/28/2015-the-year-in-pictures-and-video monthly 0.5 2016-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454036475698-9BELF11VQGB2ECFP8LJN/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Black oak with rainbow. Yet another large section of this tree just fell off and is going to take some creative and thoughtful planning to clean up safely. Should make a good episode for my new Homestead Life category, being for snippets of life and incidents here. Also should provide some nice wood for making stuff and some bark for tanning. The early tanning industry in California was apparently using Black and White Oaks. Later they switched over to Tan Oak which is what I mostly use now. My use of Black Oak has so far been promising. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454036564079-V7Q3OE1HBORB6ZIR6SCU/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Long term “slow art” project. I planted a ton of narcissus following the drip line of this oak tree. It looks great, but the different varieties are in clusters. The plan is to dig them all up, mix them together, and replant all the way around the tree in a wider band. It should end up with about a two month blooming season and will likely outlive the tree by a long stretch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454036605670-KS68H3Q270VQ7TERBEWN/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Exhausted pollen covered bee that was trapped in this Oriental poppy flower. It ate some honey, cleaned itself off and flew away. Video someday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454049737480-U57DS2KSCIZOKR83YUGH/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Weary bee sipping some honey on a poppy pod. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454036634605-WA1GNZ3XEN41ZF5BWQO5/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Bee cleaning itself. The procedure is something like this: rub furry body on flowers to collect pollen, clean pollen off of fur with comb-like structures on legs, stick together with sugary bee spit, store in pollen baskets on the back legs to take home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454036711002-L29V8FYCYKEFIKXW4N04/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video This year's crop of healthy cross pollinated apple seedlings for apple breeding project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454036769687-70S8BPCZUSFDJUGNOTJ5/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video The first incarnation of my charcoal rubbish trench soil improvement conception. The basic idea is to create lasting soil improvement by making a handy place to throw stuff that you don’t want in the compost. Throw in animal guts, weedy seeds, use it as a latrine, or whatever else, add charcoal (or just burn it in the pit as I am here), add soil in a certain proportion as you go, dig another one when it’s full, or keep a long trench going by digging off the end of the old one as it fills up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454050559814-J9FZGFNX1DWH3HUSFEAB/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Hide scraps, meat scraps and rotten eggs in the trench. I’ll bet the artichoke I just planted here grows a minimum of 10 foot diameter. The hope is that the awesomeness will persist, unlike most soil interventions. Stay tuned. This simple project is one of the most exciting to me because of the ramifications. You'll be hearing more about it, both conceptual and implementation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454080576865-SOIB74OI7A60K8NK631V/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video A species of large flowered native Hemizonia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454036934707-H31IBJAFEUKGUOZUQ4FR/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Bark tanned bull leather pruner sheath in progress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454036970287-WSUJ16KLK4WKDHMYA0MI/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Finished sheath with my favorite clippers, Barnel B808. I will review these eventually, but bottom line is they are ergonomic, very well built with tight tolerances, heavy chrome plated blades, light weight, cushioned grips, oiler bolt, dainty blades that get into tight places and there is an awesome squeeze to open feature. They are also affordable compared to similar quality pruners. I can recommend them with few reservations after a couple years of use. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454036991530-22AE4E0XFB98A53YSA18/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Betcha can't guess. Answer at the bottom of the page. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454037038906-P4LC2RAKQTCFE6K2MHE2/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Not-so-black black trumpet mushrooms. A staple of turkeysong cuisine. Video on how to clean and dry quickly here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454037072534-6WBKB5PI21BGDLLT9KOU/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Narcissus headed to the farmer’s market. They sell well, probably better than produce. Also, the investment in fancy modern varieties with heavy substance paid off. they are impressive and popular and last longer. I had to quit the market this year for personal reasons, rule changes and a low tolerance for life smothering bureaucracy, but I’m tempted to re-join to sell flowers. There has to be a better way though… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454037097968-YQD5JYVCS6A9QXL99JG1/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Laying Buddies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454037125124-GCF7VO1E57EE8UJE50ML/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Basking Buddies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454037185688-I323XAHVHODQXET7N65R/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Slate tree weight and spreaders. What can I say, heavy metal homestead! pushing the branches closer to horizontal changes the hormones, causing the tree to produce more fruit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454037228708-5EIADJPRWRM67BZGGE1D/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video A primitive form of artichoke. The scales are nothing to write home about, but the hearts are large and tasty. And they look cool, though they are spiny little suckers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454037264314-GQIPIOKRG7Q5BKRRU81O/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Research time. Probably something about some kind of glue. All of these are probably available to read online for free, but that isn't the same as a book and an espresso. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454127906257-QMS5LL2RFIP865WJ1DLW/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video A book and an espresso :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454037308333-WSO0V2H3O1DJMIFE3961/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Tan Oak blooms. The bees love these. On hot days in early summer they fill the air with a heavy scent something like mushrooms or semen, similar to the smell of chestnut blooms, to which they are related. This is a foundational species here, unfortunately dying out from Sudden Oak Death Syndrome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454037353916-F7VMP7YUV5O5M75V40OT/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video This tree is planted over an 8 x 2.5 foot circular pit back-filled with 5 to 15% charcoal. There are also some deer guts too and blue the cat was buried here. The tree has outperformed similar aged trees by a long stretch. The leaves are large and deep green and it has skated gracefully through two years of the worst drought in memory, this year without a drop of supplemental water. It would look much fuller, but I pruned it late after it had already started growing, which set it back some. These initial results are promising enough to expand this practice to see what happens. Yes, it’s a lot of work, but if this tree grows this well and produces for decades, there is no question that the effort will be repaid many times over. Better to plant fewer trees and put in more effort like this. There is only so much you can do modifying and improving soil from the top down. I know, I’ve tried. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454037386273-8AFEDMDNQW6J4GWUJD8R/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Thinking about upping my game on leek breeding and selection and maybe selling the seed instead of just giving it away as I have for many years. This is a truly outstanding variety, but the seed I started with is run down and obviously has not been carefully selected for a while. The seed I have now is 3 or 4 generations into selection for certain traits, and I think it has made a difference https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454037707439-G0G5VTCOXV022LEOSUGB/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Shakin' it out before a good crow. Randy the rooster was a handsome fellow, but I finally got sick of listening to him and ate him. it was like when I got on the phone or started recording video it was his cue to show up and start crowing. One of the best decisions I made all year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454036428993-Z8QW7IAND5T7MUMPJ3ST/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Pollinating an apple blossom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454082006523-HM2XJC8V0A12EPGHFEMX/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Pollinated fruitlets tagged with the pollen parent names. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454037985606-JVEIIO60J0PUGR9NKC9V/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Maypole, red apple and red immature seeds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454038030425-FRN57P404XJPDLWP1A24/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Apple tree re-grafted after a bear attack. This is a rind graft, where the scions are inserted into the space between the bark and wood. See the year in video for some quick footage on how it's done. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454038065339-SH3TW8RD39LOHT74ETPO/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Centennial crab apple. Sweet and delicious in July! Adding it to my breeding stock and thinking of grafting a whole tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454038141355-KQWPVZ80NSYY5IHYTT5W/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video New graft showing signs of healing. This is far enough along to conduct nutrients, but still very fragile and must be re-wrapped for another month or two for support. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454038172585-XH03KFUVWFYII6GROM3G/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Adorable little owls. These tend to be very tame. I'm recording video footage of them only about 12 feet away by headlamp. The footage was lost :/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454038107036-A14BIG9IRKJP7Q6UC84D/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Graining board for softening and raising the grain of leather. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454038231117-TUXDQ9OXAM5PMEIQTWQW/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Graining board, or "arm board" in progress. This one will have a cork face for use on the delicate grain side of the skin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454082162741-EBWASYAU9T9BDPNE84T6/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Deer grain raised with the graining board. Not the only way to do it, but the best way I've tried. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454082223247-XT92UMA2RUD0EO3T6X22/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Pounded leather, half the thickness, twice the density. The mallet is ironwood, extremely dense. The slate is used to smooth and even the surface after pounding. pounding is done on damp leather https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454082288304-6I527G6BXMH7JZXF03ON/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Potential tanning materials for tests. The skin samples are ready, just haven't gotten around to it yet. I probably have over 25 materials collected. Should have some results early this year. video on this project here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454082416996-0DG0WVDFPHGWKGT92AGQ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Ye olde tanning beam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454082668277-9O9LJ6N1MXBWYETSHKAF/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Ax porn for a website header. This is the image on my credit card. Yes, my credit card is that cool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454086405975-AY6TKQ69ODTS7ZXYSXEH/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Can't have too many https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454086550239-NK158IWETW80ATV1VUR5/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video One of my old forges, good for coal, needs modification for charcoal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454086593452-9VNPEH9J8VEM8NJBO4KF/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video An old forge left here by a logging crew. From an era where the average group of workmen probably had in it some guy that was handy with a hammer and a pair of tongs. Town was 10 miles down bad unpaved roads, and ten miles back up, so why hold up work when you can fix stuff on site? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454086632604-UEBKENLKAV57GFZDY6W5/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Starting the woodstove. I don't use paper and haven't for a long time. My friend Hal, my elder no less, one upped me though. He starts his with a hand drill, and uses bits of charcoal instead of tinder. I think these kinds of practices will teach you a lot fast. If you want to get good at something, put yourself in a position where you need to do it to get through the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454038281906-67DBTV3U5ENJ5G1EDTKE/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video My Stanley no. 9 1/2 plane. A small quality block plane like this is a great starter plane and really handy for small projects. This one has been a companion for over 25 years. I love it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454128642369-T76IWMWRQTW9HVORLU3H/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video A big fir tree at my neighbors that I hope to make some stuff out of in 2016. It isn't fine old growth quality, but it's pretty good and big enough to get some nice vertical grain planks out of. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454038395991-QJDPLAOBBLQX41HUDNXB/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video A small hewn and planed fir plank from the tree above, made to test the feasibility of hewing some of it up into boards for a project. I'd like to build a door with it. We'll see. I would learn a lot, and so would you if you follow my progress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454038523935-QZVS9M26MPZHD9Z09GKU/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Queen of the night Tulip. The bokeh on this beat up 5 dollar thrift store Minolta 58 mm f1.4 lens is bizarre but neat, like a watercolor painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454082515858-7750K8124V1SL709VYMB/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Witchypoo practicing enlightened levitation on a san pedro cactus. Do not try this at home, she is a professional! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454038557945-GWZYTHQN2S62ORXZMJQJ/DSC04317.jpg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video This species of bug hangs out on california Poppies in the spring. I'm pretty sure the black and white bands mean DO NOT F*** WITH ME! The antennae wave wildly in the slightest breeze. I had some amazing macro video footage of these, but it was all lost. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454038612056-5KR92TTBHEWLJKGUF49S/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Furled California Poppy. One of my favorite photographs of the year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454038641249-0XF3BML9X7BFAA6J3CCY/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Native Iris Macrosiphon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454111704691-3JFBWZX9IYHO8XE5X2WS/image-asset.png Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video View out the front door. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454038717321-5LDDXPDUIS45ILJ4MOXL/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Chicken tracks on my car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454038754868-FSDSYOKMEULJUOAI7AAO/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Bees getting a drink at the spring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454038868945-B3WQLB2K4MELQ5FGTJXL/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Deep soil amendment with large quantities of charcoal last spring. One half of one bed is 33%. Another bed is about 25%. Only time will tell how they do. If nothing else, I replaced the worst rock and low nutrient sandy soil, totaling 1/3rdwith a substance that holds water and nutrients and aerates the soil. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454082366933-T7WQM6U83KLMFAMJRHI6/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Charcoal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454086220033-QPM8MAS49ZPPG8FPNT1Y/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454086286155-X38I84Y45GVQ14UQLKZQ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454038954755-PRM5OZ7C064KTTS6RKL1/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video A scene on my drive to and from town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454039097739-6W7YBK820LBGHL44I8YU/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video A lone buckeye on my drive to town. I remember the first time I ever came up this road it is so uniquely beautiful. Then I used to drive up here once in a while and look longingly down the road I live on thinking "I want to live down there!" I'm so fortunate! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454086337428-DT1POF5TG8QXNMHSZ0AC/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Semaphore, an extremely rare grass. This species only grows in something like 15 known locations, one of them next door. Ironically, the neighbors dug up the ground to build their ceremonial sweat lodge on the site. It worked out okay in the end and it's coming back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454039132567-7UMT8MWMD6QIOTWFF7IL/DSC03971.jpg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video California newt. I bothered this poor guy for like 20 minutes to get the perfect video footage, which, again, was lost. Damn you new version of imovie! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454039221215-LH9PIA8VGY1HSAVZWPC5/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Daffodil spider. Strong enough to catch honey bees. They are yellow on yellow flowers and white on white flowers. I guess they change color. This one has a small native bee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454082790145-0WMVIZML03JP60KKDQHR/image-asset.png Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video 100 subscribers June 6th https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454039576375-TZZEHD3R1QR6XSORH8SF/what+daffodils+do+in+the+dark+final.jpg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video My first ever daffodil seedling. Well, it looks better close up ;) It may improve though as it matures. I had two last year and expecting more this year. I f I get anything really good, I'll propagate it and sell them on the website here. I just do it for fun though. It takes very little time and effort as you can read about here. I named this photograph "What Daffodils do in the Dark" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454039782905-G6XCMIN4SA1FQ4LU1J0G/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Hungry? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454039852834-3ISJWUTV93J7776KPU4J/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454039915839-W7T85TVSRMN0BYW2VM8U/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Black Sage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454039961724-3SIJ2PGNG0CECXDJMK2B/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Out the front door one morning. I'm not sure what species it is, but I know they like to eat my chickens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454040025135-02YEOCERWYSNE0RL3GDD/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Firecracker Lily. A unique local wildflower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454040073167-1OA3BVBMUTJMLXAR1ISU/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Daffodil seedpods, from hand pollinations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454040326810-G9QL963XHZ4LJX1TIDB0/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video A stunning Native wildflower. Forgetting the name! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454040412462-IPIGO8XL13RQ5NGTYGPX/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Cicada on an apple branch, which they cause a lot of damage to by laying eggs in slits the cut. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454040461433-BRWRJHBDJGWSTN5V6D9X/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Loquats! Large, delicious variety. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454040515200-1C3RKWYH43ZVDAQ3WH9T/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Black sage again. I love taking pictures of this plant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454040575379-M54DU4QAVWGCVVB3ENOC/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Probably the largest loquat I ever ate, came off of one of my trees this year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454040725797-3OUWIIO1DEI968N7J00E/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video A freshly hatched cicada. This is the type that hatches every year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454040773508-Z15DAO6XTVWUHJRO3G43/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Taken with a 5.00 lens from the thrift store. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454040845583-ME828DJBV5A5KW1EUFAI/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Itsy bitsy spider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454041550299-TNJHA2ZZN9EXZFSP4ZWA/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Old spring house on the neighbors place. A spring house is like a root celar. The spring runs through it to keep it cool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454041594214-1E19JWW1ITS4X6FB7VYH/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Potato onion seedling trials. I was down to 15 this fall and tossed a few more last week because they rotted in storage. Potato onion video series here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454042078114-4YCG7NSKVWG7YXOLW6AI/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video inter-stem dwarf and diagonal cordon apple trees in a nice fog filtered light https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454042148464-UV3ONKLS82GUNIC4GJ3H/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Best cat ever! This is the closest I've ever gotten to it. Don't have to feed it, don't have to listen to it, but it still kills rodents in the garden! I should name it shadow. I guess it was just too cozy to get up and run away this time. It's a stray. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454043150165-7ABYV2F58BAIZWIN7IC3/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Maypole, a red fleshed apple that shows red pigment throughout the whole tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454043487566-ZIL4B96IOEXDY8R37AE7/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Artichoke leaves drying for tanning experiments. Hope it works! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454043590617-IT5ZLZ5MQTDOX3ZTFQKW/DSC00925.jpg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video A dew-bedraggled Brodiaea flower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454043669315-Z8IYLRTSN5HEMUJLJH7H/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Lizard playing king of the hill... with itself. But it's winning! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454043764689-FAG1B92YQX6E1BACYWE7/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video The talented Ira showing off his gourd and rawhide ukelele. Video here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454043805924-HP2UXM98TN3NEEBPGK6N/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video A poet-type narcissus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454043901570-Y2LBOFYPSE1JO3VTKLB6/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Ugly burr knots on M111 stock. Plant those clonal stocks deep! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454043983602-0UQH3CKIIU4935NM7YLY/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454044051610-XY00G1LU519B4MXJIGUI/DSC02901.jpg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video An idea I've been toying with, making leaf impressions in leather. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454044100163-8Z8KWSECAPE0OM7OFW2Z/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Wild "cucumber" or Mara, a native plant with an allegedly enormous root. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454044149039-DKJV7VZPA8E7T684ROLR/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Another view of where I get to live. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454045422159-H0V2XGTPNW87YN29WVUD/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video A copper nail made for a project I abandoned. I would have had to make about 90 of them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454045459041-W5DR7DQFV3NQUPFFXIOH/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video This tiny crab apple was sent to me some years ago by my friend Becca Munro. It is slightly astringent but delicious eaten whole seeds and all, something like crisp cherries. It's going to get grafted out somewhere with more room to grow, and I'll probably use it as a breeding parent this coming season. The flesh is very yellow and crisp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454045502993-B1ET1AG30SBXDC9CL21I/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video A wood and leather seam with rawhide stitching. An experiment for another abandoned project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454045576937-VG2MA5MV5ORDZ31WJSK5/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video The leather mug project. My most popular video to date. Got me a massive number of views and subscribers overnight when someone shared it on Reddit. Thanks! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454045611558-54TBSMIWRF6RKF4CJHLS/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Saffron! Trust me, however much it costs, the person getting screwed is not the consumer! Only three threads per flower, pulled out one flower at a time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454045656037-J83NB2IQ8RVSM2TBIKYF/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video I decided to try bundling them like this as some fancy saffron comes. I think this once was enough! Although it would make a great gift like this, tied with a golden thread. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454045765258-7WQ1MGBO84Y7XAM2X1CT/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video A new batch of leather working awls, getting an oil treatment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454045834331-9S64QIHQFRVM4AWGR7SC/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video A pair of dewclaw anklets I made. Braintanned buckskin, bark tanned deer skin and deer dewclaws. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454045954139-P79VM59FZX7RBKD3RSNI/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Pieces of cattle hide processed and dried for making hide glue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454045725585-BXZA5UXJFUIWSFQK1LT0/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Skin pieces cooking to make glue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454046030185-OFAAB9F1K9B5PWUMRDX4/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Fresh glue drying on the counter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454046070731-RPO8G1GV0VBJTUNQ8E5H/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video The finished product available somewhere soon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454048691125-76R61V3JEVZ3BMXEBK1N/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Chicken processing day. Unwanted roosters. Young roosters are excellent eating. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454086871319-4094MIG1ZFMWROZ0MYBH/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Mother, an old American apple of high repute. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454048980069-3ENX5OMTALI3YAWUH23H/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Fruit tree understory experiment using amaryllis belladona hybrids (basically the same as naked ladies, ((the flower, not the real thing)) I post pictures of the progress of this experiment every year. The last two years there have been literally only two or three weak weeds under this tree. The amaryllis smother everything else, then die back around June 1st leaving this protective layer of mulch. I won't know much more till I get to observe a lot of trees for a long period of time, but it's promising enough that I am propagating probably thousands of bulbs from seed and have planted 7 other trees to them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454049318002-JTQFC5TIJ9G780NWEYQS/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video This is the flower. They are pretty popular at the farmer's market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454049408136-IZTPMTYIF46ZF6UGX1YN/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video A batch of bark for tanning and wood for burning. Tan Oak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454049471797-9ZQD9CXXK6R9CBDKGEOY/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Manzanita https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454049530178-YTCD0CFGV0ZV3JZGUPB1/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video The fire kit I made for my stone age "no tools" fire making video. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454049618329-E3H94ZH0VQVGN352R364/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video I love this hoe and the company, Rogue Hoe, is a really cool idea. They use recycled plough disks to make the tools. I'm not sure about all the designs, but this one is great and the handle is very nice quality. A high grade tool, hand made in the states and pretty affordable for being that. Amazon link here. this is the 5.5 inch version. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454049679441-6PZ2AWZIWFNPX2QPWWYD/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video My beautiful road, untouched by a grader in 8 years since it was finished and not in need of it. I studied progressive road design and made careful observations for a couple of years, but a few basic principals applied can save you tons of money, inconvenience and maintenance. Someday I'll do a detailed treatment of road building concepts. If you leave it up to a contractor, you will almost surely end up with a less than ideal road. Small improvements can also be made as the road is worked on over time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454049861495-83FKMFFJ1TCIJVSIZO8E/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video When I planted the seed for this apple years ago, I couldn't imagine that a fruit grown from this variety could turn out really bad. It didn't. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454049897652-A440CE0P0V5PEPKPQGHY/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Those fruitlets grew into this. Thin skinned, nice texture, refreshing, pleasant apple. Maybe not the next best thing ever, but quite nice and compelling eating. I named it BITE ME! (capitals and exclamation point mandatory!) for all the naysayers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454049984397-464S7QOFKIDYAUAKWKKH/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Penelope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454050062922-9NVGIVMFRYO2AL0HP272/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video kniphophia, or is it kniphofia? whatever. Hummingbirds like it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454050183229-AV0VI8H30M8TSDR6G1N5/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Drying Anaheim chilies. I use most of them to make chili powder that is simply amazing. Video coming someday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454050218306-EWVOS0CQKVJ0QVYB9VUN/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video My video on making traditional fermented hot sauce was well received, and I won a prize on instructables.com for it! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454086929529-KJCS9VFA1EPHARU18B4M/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Sunset colors off a point known to all the neighbors as Rob's Knob. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454050412726-JALOD5HHOPDFTR2XRC6Q/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Teaching hide tanning stuff at the Not So Simple Living Fair in Boonville California. This fair is great, teaching skills for self reliance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454089287194-KXBBHZI9AAEI21CSTR8X/image-asset.png Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video My first dollar earned on Amazon affiliates. The easiest way to support me without paying anything extra. I currently make about 25.00 to 40.00 dollars a month on this, which is the only money I make on my online endeavors. Given that I probably spend 20 to even 40 hours a week producing content, that is obviously unsustainable. Bookmark and use my link, thank you, I totally love you, you link using person! OMG, you are so awesome!!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454050484565-HKWIT6VIVD0JQP5Q5EH6/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Best Garden I've had for a couple years. Not as big and awesome as I want it to be, but not bad. Video tour here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454080719382-OLX0NA3JK89V08FVTKF6/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Chestnut Crab. As tasty as it is beautiful. See my review of7 summer apples, including this one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454080860646-7COYOQF76XDX0KIKFRCX/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video My little table at the very small, very local roadside farmer's market, basically a few of us selling whatever we want, no paper work, no fees, just people who have stuff and people who need stuff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454080790933-K8HKPI6VPL5BSKFVCUUJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Kid walking his pet rock at the farmer's market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454081013424-TL9DUQ7L8K2GLL7JV7D8/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Diagonal cordon trees. 18 inch spacing, very productive, quality fruit and only occupies about two feet of width! Amazing system for small spaces or growing a lot of variety in a small space. There are at least seven varieties in this short space, but there are more out of the picture because most are grafted to two varieties https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454081238620-MA8P3D7GMYPU5KHY152J/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video !Frankentree! had at least 85 varieties in fruit this year. Tour video here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454081307468-9ABMTKGK8P34O5A6Q20R/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Even good pears have to go to Pearison. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454081912000-U356LP61SSW31LIDA5XS/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454081418179-JYDPQ9HFSUHMAT43Q4MR/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Beautiful King David https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454085587201-1HGE4EP6CBM38YD9E3ZG/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Laden King David interstem grafted tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454081454595-F89RLDYQ33IWNS0ZIBWZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454081555652-MZ7FD8YL4O9218OIUGLV/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video A spring I restored after it was damaged during road construction. I planted all those giant ferns from tiny "seedlings". Also horsetail and wild ginger. It has a way to go, but considering it was bare dirt, it is doing pretty good, and the ferns are already reproducing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454081587530-I9BI9XPW7DM0JMTB6C5X/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Misc. late apples for apple butter experiment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454124987668-648B78WRBE7MX7I37VPC/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Apple butter experiment a success! And I also won a prize for this one on instructables. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454081794669-FB6SBRMLXKG9DYGKRLN9/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Beautiful delicious red fleshed apple juice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454086498372-1H1901VFWQZXAX5D3539/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video 30 pounds of sausage! Hello biscuits and gravy in the morning! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454125656389-35YJ6FQJA0SS6U1U4IZT/Clip+%2334.jpg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Smoking bacon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454088804400-CVQMCQRZ23MRQKFVPCKE/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Emergency roof repairs in the rain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454081848613-AZZ3KUE39HCY57XF264X/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454081629191-I6G0IKAZJG05WJBV2QKR/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Ice in the stem well of a Cripps Pink (Aka Pink Lady) on new years day. I don't think they would have lasted much longer, but it was very tasty! Winter Apple tasting video https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454087211451-93652YVQCRONXMWK23XT/image-asset.png Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video 1000 subscribers on my birthday, 900 in 6 months, yay! Not a lot by YouTube standards, but a great milestone. I'm hoping for 10,000 by this time next year. I will probably have to start running ads on my videos soon sadly. There is a new YouTube subscription service though that allows you to skip them. At least there is that. This is a difficult decision for me. Random advertising is antithetical to what I'm trying to do here. But, I can't keep producing content without an income. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454086704920-JT4SQOQ7EOBYCOR1P5JF/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video This is my keyboard. I work hard writing, editing and answering lots of comments and emails. 6 months ago you could still read the I O F and R keys. And it has already been completely replaced once! Eventually I will have to buy a new one. You can help me succeed in my endeavor to build a public archive of useful self reliance skills and continue experimenting and running project here at on the experimental homestead by sharing my stuff wherever people will appreciate it and again by bookmarking and using my amazon affiliate link whenever, if ever, you shop there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454087008689-7IR2012K9ZWI9DQ7ZJ2N/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video I'm not screwing around. Does it look like I'm screwing around? I'm not. This is my not screwing around face. Lots of killer content in 2016! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1454089416396-FY2SPQYSA18Y76MY5AGJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 2015, the Year in Pictures and Video Lets rock 2016 y'all! I think it's going to be a good one. https://skillcult.com/blog/2016/1/24/the-pet-lime-kiln-burn-written-version monthly 0.5 2016-01-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1453678830567-BMXH8TI8FEA2VHS6E9R9/Screen+Shot+2016-01-24+at+3.32.13+PM.png Blog - The Pet Lime Kiln Burn, Written Version CLICK HERE TO VIEW ON INSTRUCTABLES https://skillcult.com/blog/2016/1/22/burning-shell-lime-in-a-primitive-strawclay-kiln monthly 0.5 2016-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1453540266864-1FSE0UEI654KHY3XW9RC/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Burning Shell Lime in a Primitive Straw/Clay Kiln Super neat Mexican granary design utilizing straw and clay in a coiled pot type of form. This would almost surely use much more clay than I'm using. I'm intrigued though by the idea of using a mix more similar to the pet to build something larger, like a pigeon cote, a smoker, or maybe a bedroom... https://skillcult.com/blog/2016/1/16/home-leather-tanning-de-hairing-skins-basic-lessons monthly 0.5 2016-01-17 https://skillcult.com/blog/2016/1/6/potato-onions-part-2-planting-and-culture monthly 0.5 2016-01-06 https://skillcult.com/blog/2015/12/30/in-pursuit-of-the-real-oldtime-apple-butter-shelf-stable-delicious-and-all-apples monthly 0.5 2016-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1451513850057-YF64QH58Z5YHIF3N5QQD/Clip+%23193.jpg Blog - In Pursuit of the Real Oldtime Apple Butter, Shelf Stable, Delicious and All Apples https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1451507286166-UO732N2FFZ2WUWI3AWR8/image-asset.jpeg Blog - In Pursuit of the Real Oldtime Apple Butter, Shelf Stable, Delicious and All Apples https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1451507449752-1V0MUK8P7ZPAE7B9W0RR/image-asset.png Blog - In Pursuit of the Real Oldtime Apple Butter, Shelf Stable, Delicious and All Apples The old copper kettle and long wooden paddle. Do not use copper, it was known to be toxic even then, but iron was unsuitable and copper was the go to metal for many processes for which iron was unsuitable. The next best at the time was probably tinned copper, but I think that is toxic too. photo from Old Time Gardens, Newly Set Forth, Alice Morse Earle 1901 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1451507495615-KKU4JAQ5B610L56BDNLC/image-asset.png Blog - In Pursuit of the Real Oldtime Apple Butter, Shelf Stable, Delicious and All Apples rockin't it old school baby! photo from Old Time Gardens, Newly Set Forth, Alice Morse Earle 1901 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1451507516797-J4WMSGMMCY2WO11IZQ0V/image-asset.png Blog - In Pursuit of the Real Oldtime Apple Butter, Shelf Stable, Delicious and All Apples An old advert for an apple butter paddle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1451529033255-1VSPBDIWWBOFQZ44QTN9/image-asset.jpeg Blog - In Pursuit of the Real Oldtime Apple Butter, Shelf Stable, Delicious and All Apples https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1451502028067-6H772JM2QTGT1S6FYQ0L/image-asset.jpeg Blog - In Pursuit of the Real Oldtime Apple Butter, Shelf Stable, Delicious and All Apples Stiff, but definitely spreadable https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1451529538245-TP00R7X9J77XHJKEUYEM/image-asset.jpeg Blog - In Pursuit of the Real Oldtime Apple Butter, Shelf Stable, Delicious and All Apples https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1451529300233-V2496TSGBE6E5W1EB7X2/image-asset.jpeg Blog - In Pursuit of the Real Oldtime Apple Butter, Shelf Stable, Delicious and All Apples Small Beginnings. Next year I get serious >:-[ https://skillcult.com/blog/2015/12/28/historical-research-on-shelf-stable-apple-butter-pre-20th-century monthly 0.5 2016-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1451408688229-V8FOWEHIN8L8LXEKKF8E/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Historical Accounts on Very Old Fashioned, pre-20th Century, Shelf Stable Apple Butter https://skillcult.com/blog/2015/12/26/s monthly 0.5 2015-12-27 https://skillcult.com/blog/2015/12/20/amateur-apple-breeding-collecting-the-seeds monthly 0.5 2015-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1450630451973-Q3D3OAZLPYIUY32IPSRW/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Amateur Apple Breeding: Collecting the Seeds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1450632310444-G2WMOYDM3MCUTQYS1UKQ/image-asset.png Blog - Amateur Apple Breeding: Collecting the Seeds If the apples rot, the seeds will eventually follow. Some rot is okay, just don’t let them go too far. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1450632334574-KFO1SCSL0IYZZ2LIPU7P/image-asset.png Blog - Amateur Apple Breeding: Collecting the Seeds I cut the apples around the mid section up to the core and then twist them in half. That way none of the seeds are cut through which there is a high risk of if you cut the apple in half top to bottom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1450632803123-WJ8ZATQUGKQ15U6YKAMW/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Amateur Apple Breeding: Collecting the Seeds These seeds are already stratified, but a viable option is to plant early and leave the flat in a exposed to cold weather. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1450632174879-YNPTZGSTREF2ML8H9G6S/image-asset.png Blog - Amateur Apple Breeding: Collecting the Seeds A little damp sawdust can help when storing seeds a long time. I've taken to keeping a baggie of it in the fridge for seeds and scions. It moderates and manages the moisture in the bag by absorbing and releasing water. Ground dampened charcoal can also be used, but it is kind of messy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1450633046585-QY7EIZKSRGI0EYZZDCTS/image-asset.png Blog - Amateur Apple Breeding: Collecting the Seeds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1450632402500-Q5E74RLDGPE482W56DU6/image-asset.png Blog - Amateur Apple Breeding: Collecting the Seeds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1450632428305-F4IDC0TWTD0GNS1IBFFG/DSC_0386.jpg Blog - Amateur Apple Breeding: Collecting the Seeds https://skillcult.com/blog/2015/12/4/paihkojcz9g79bbcdw03pvhlhbfid1 monthly 0.5 2015-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1449289992539-8X5AXI44QWIZ992Z9IZM/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Red Coloration in Blood Apple Seedling Leaves, Flowers, Bark and Wood Red fall leaves on one of my seedling apples https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1449290089422-M276UVO5LNDFDRPYDUCE/Red+Fleshed+Apple+Blossoms%2C+Maypole+Crab+Apple.jpg Blog - Red Coloration in Blood Apple Seedling Leaves, Flowers, Bark and Wood Maypole has strong expression of red genes in general as you can see in this spring photo. The apples are also strongly red fleshed, a bit crabby, but still very edible, with some of the delicious red flavor found in red fruits like berries. I've been very impressed by this apple the last couple years and made numerous crosses with it this past spring. I'd like to plant enough of them to make juice. The tree is very narrow and short so they could probably be planted only 3 feet apart or so. I haven't juiced any, because I haven't had enough fruit, but I'm sure it will be very good. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1449290257861-YLKAS4B4YSHA7DUYOXJV/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Red Coloration in Blood Apple Seedling Leaves, Flowers, Bark and Wood I haven't noticed that Williams' Pride has particularly red anything else, but it does have very red skin (it gets darker than this) and a little bit of red flesh. Rome Beauty is another very red fleshed apple that can have pink tinges in the flesh, and I've seen small tinges in other apples, including cherry cox. I'm hoping that simply by combining red fleshed apples with apples like King David that just have dark red skin, I may still reinforce the red fleshed trait. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1449540481586-3GLKOFHTGAFH6N15PKRT/DSC01610.jpg Blog - Red Coloration in Blood Apple Seedling Leaves, Flowers, Bark and Wood William's pride showing tendency to red flesh https://skillcult.com/blog/2015/11/28/the-black-jack-project-making-a-traditional-english-leather-mug monthly 0.5 2015-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1448944146957-C3IK2IWP5KB764XDUIML/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Making a Black Jack, Traditional English Leather Mug, From the Ground Up The mostly finished mug's virgin voyage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1448850676824-DY9QKADZ73DWDLP0OJNG/DSC04002+%281%29.jpg Blog - Making a Black Jack, Traditional English Leather Mug, From the Ground Up Old leather vessels: Black jack with silver rim, bombards (pitchers) and a leather bottle from John Waterer'sbook Leather and Craftsmanship https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1448850877443-3LYPZUIEJF71ZON4P919/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Making a Black Jack, Traditional English Leather Mug, From the Ground Up Leather vessel by Rex Lingwood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1448851525365-QI6XQMAIFTXBH0GVAWYL/DSC00797.jpg Blog - Making a Black Jack, Traditional English Leather Mug, From the Ground Up Pounded leather with stone sleeker and ironwood mallet. The bit on the lower left is the same as the upper piece, but unpounded. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1448852209345-UBMXZPZ7XBC6X78CV2C2/DSC03194.jpg Blog - Making a Black Jack, Traditional English Leather Mug, From the Ground Up Raw material roughed out to put on the lathe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1448851576642-HND12OTV96SHHFTLJ571/Version+2.jpg Blog - Making a Black Jack, Traditional English Leather Mug, From the Ground Up The forms bottom and accompanying ring, and the main form before I cut it all up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1448852272197-H1DLP2QXILFGS2RJ9JD3/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Making a Black Jack, Traditional English Leather Mug, From the Ground Up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1448851606610-I1NY1PA3J81DFGH46RSC/DSC03283.jpg Blog - Making a Black Jack, Traditional English Leather Mug, From the Ground Up The metal ring form, post mortem https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1448938787447-O21LKKAY11JNTM8XN8L5/DSC03197.jpg Blog - Making a Black Jack, Traditional English Leather Mug, From the Ground Up The clamp boards and the main body form. Note the notch cut out for the flared base. Very simple, but not wanting for effectiveness with a couple of good clamps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1448851667374-2FQ8MN6TZ0BTKJ5DABO2/DSC03223.jpg Blog - Making a Black Jack, Traditional English Leather Mug, From the Ground Up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1448852324297-SFC1AOVLMEXI1NYE02D9/image-asset.png Blog - Making a Black Jack, Traditional English Leather Mug, From the Ground Up Hide Glue Pieces https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1448852348008-GPMWX7E0Y9H8F9OPS5SW/image-asset.png Blog - Making a Black Jack, Traditional English Leather Mug, From the Ground Up The stitches up against body in the first seam were definitely too close at 1/8 inch. The look sloppier and cut into the leather easily. 1/4 inch maybe a little bit long, but workable and they look much better. The mug still have a brown look now, but it will eventually be dead black as the layers build up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1448852386577-UDASQL90HEOZBRR0U3T3/image-asset.png Blog - Making a Black Jack, Traditional English Leather Mug, From the Ground Up New awl https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1448852405558-9VXYLHAIK3ZIXI3RO3RK/image-asset.png Blog - Making a Black Jack, Traditional English Leather Mug, From the Ground Up Sinew wrapping. Some may understandably doubt the ability of this wrapping to keep the wood from splitting, but after shooting blunt practice arrows wrapped like this into stumps, rocks and dirt over and over again, I have no doubts at all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1448944341553-OR9PVEMRHJ0Q74E3YXZJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Making a Black Jack, Traditional English Leather Mug, From the Ground Up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1448852467885-8KMIWZ4UJD6JLGGRIJNX/DSC03241.jpg Blog - Making a Black Jack, Traditional English Leather Mug, From the Ground Up The cup dried on the split form. The deer tail is incidental. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1448944468832-AA6G3J6DAFFZWZPSL381/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Making a Black Jack, Traditional English Leather Mug, From the Ground Up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1448852489040-TE7U6VEYPB01W575FVRN/image-asset.png Blog - Making a Black Jack, Traditional English Leather Mug, From the Ground Up Simple arrangement for making lampblack. A simple oil lamp with a stone plate set over it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1448912594718-UVIIGYQZLIYANIZ3KTSQ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Making a Black Jack, Traditional English Leather Mug, From the Ground Up Accumulated lampblack https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1448852511010-N13GUNM5O670VSOUWEZE/image-asset.png Blog - Making a Black Jack, Traditional English Leather Mug, From the Ground Up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1448852756652-WW216GAQI14CKMG9G9CE/image-asset.png Blog - Making a Black Jack, Traditional English Leather Mug, From the Ground Up Freshly coated https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1448912748455-ZLTUEHPV6PCRJRFL0QS4/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Making a Black Jack, Traditional English Leather Mug, From the Ground Up Ye olde black jack bottom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1448852776619-BJQV4M7EZE3QOCG3HXJ2/image-asset.png Blog - Making a Black Jack, Traditional English Leather Mug, From the Ground Up Must replicate adorable antique leather bottle! https://skillcult.com/blog/2015/11/20/the-no-paper-rule-why-i-never-start-fires-with-paper monthly 0.5 2015-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1448084067772-IYGNH40KALX6QAFOKX14/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The No Paper Rule, Why I Never Start Fires With Paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1448108176741-SMYAZNHXFW9ZFBN8WXA8/IMG_2647.JPG.jpg Blog - The No Paper Rule, Why I Never Start Fires With Paper Brave and beautiful Kendra in a bed of apples https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1448108429831-B0M33X7OM6969BXI7U2P/DSC_0936.jpg Blog - The No Paper Rule, Why I Never Start Fires With Paper New life https://skillcult.com/blog/2015/11/14/chopping-bark-for-tanning-leather-how-i-do-it monthly 0.5 2015-11-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1447524886671-HMMRPY2FV9UMRGWK2BJ2/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Chopping Bark for Tanning Leather, how I do it https://skillcult.com/blog/2015/11/9/bite-me monthly 0.5 2015-11-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1447223386888-7RYKFMO9XJYDEBHMK5T3/image-asset.jpeg Blog - BITE ME! Michael Pollan, Introducing My New and First Seedling Apple, 1 Seed=1 Good Apple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1447275542736-L1GJOE8TI00TVYA9XW5S/image-asset.jpeg Blog - BITE ME! Michael Pollan, Introducing My New and First Seedling Apple, 1 Seed=1 Good Apple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1447275603665-JQEYLJNXS36WYOMUB17Y/image-asset.jpeg Blog - BITE ME! Michael Pollan, Introducing My New and First Seedling Apple, 1 Seed=1 Good Apple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1447275722605-VNZEO9ZON8KV8O6T5GO3/image-asset.jpeg Blog - BITE ME! Michael Pollan, Introducing My New and First Seedling Apple, 1 Seed=1 Good Apple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1447223465307-1QVKOUJ9H75VJGRSGCS5/image-asset.jpeg Blog - BITE ME! Michael Pollan, Introducing My New and First Seedling Apple, 1 Seed=1 Good Apple Promise! Lets face it, they look good already! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1447223516397-Q9UQJ8QSAGHEQE8BPJ5Z/image-asset.jpeg Blog - BITE ME! Michael Pollan, Introducing My New and First Seedling Apple, 1 Seed=1 Good Apple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1447305949136-PUE2X0QRI82JUIYOVF2X/image-asset.jpeg Blog - BITE ME! Michael Pollan, Introducing My New and First Seedling Apple, 1 Seed=1 Good Apple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1447223597262-OJZKKGL6S2QG14S7IWUR/image-asset.jpeg Blog - BITE ME! Michael Pollan, Introducing My New and First Seedling Apple, 1 Seed=1 Good Apple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1447249730034-JL8QH4QXC9BDH2PNPCO5/DSC02563+copy.jpg Blog - BITE ME! Michael Pollan, Introducing My New and First Seedling Apple, 1 Seed=1 Good Apple BITE ME! doesn't brown too badly. This is after about 12 hours sitting on the kitchen counter. freshly cut half on the right for comparison. You can see a little watercore there. Given the drought and that it is a first fruiting, it doesn't seem likely to be an issue in the long run. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1447223690166-L165W48XFMNU91ID443S/image-asset.jpeg Blog - BITE ME! Michael Pollan, Introducing My New and First Seedling Apple, 1 Seed=1 Good Apple https://skillcult.com/blog/2015/11/4/hot-sauce-the-real-deal-fermented-delicious-and-beautiful monthly 0.5 2015-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1446661352625-ZYKVK47BITR3FQHIELRP/DSC03166+%281%29.jpg Blog - Hot Sauce, the Real Deal, Fermented, Delicious and Beautiful https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1446662928997-A0FII8PNUCWFROOJWXIP/Cupboard+Full+of+Fermented+Pepperoncini%2C+Pimentos+and+Sevillano+Sicilian+Style+Olives+%E2%80%93+Version+4.jpg Blog - Hot Sauce, the Real Deal, Fermented, Delicious and Beautiful Cupboard stuffed full of lacto-fermented pepperoncini, pimentos, hot sauce peppers and olives. None are heat canned. They are live ferments sealed up with a protective layer of carbon dioxide from the fermentation process. Damn, this picture is making my mouth water. I usually store my hot sauce peppers like this and just make up one jar at a time into sauce as needed. https://skillcult.com/blog/2015/10/28/x95qfxdinhypmks76we77ugz87mgzl monthly 0.5 2015-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1446098722225-Y2QB1OGIX7MBVZUCFC8Y/image-asset.jpeg Blog - How I Pick Parent Apples for Breeding New Varieties, My List Beautiful, tasty King David https://skillcult.com/blog/2015/10/25/stone-age-hand-drill-friction-fire-with-stuff-gathered-on-the-spot monthly 0.5 2015-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1445814162576-5OE8L2XIT0HCUOQ6C618/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Stone Age Hand Drill Friction Fire With Stuff Gathered on the Spot https://skillcult.com/blog/2015/10/20/tanning-mistake-1-keep-it-moving monthly 0.5 2015-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1445424720595-EII9ZXSMW2DBPL7DT74R/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Natural Leather Tanning, Common Mistake # 1, Not Insuring Free Access of Liquors to the Skin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1445537476141-B06S8PL27BG1RQQPMEPR/image-asset.png Blog - Natural Leather Tanning, Common Mistake # 1, Not Insuring Free Access of Liquors to the Skin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1445424860647-UT5W633K42XJU57RI998/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Natural Leather Tanning, Common Mistake # 1, Not Insuring Free Access of Liquors to the Skin wadding skins up in small containers is a common mistake. this tub is large enough to tan this deer skin, but it still has to be moved around. A bucket could be used, but it is really too small and the problem would be multiplied. Home tanners just are not operating on a scale that allows for using really large containers, or constant movement as is possible with the large revolving drums used in tanneries, so we have to tend our skins at appropriate intervals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1445425161967-RJ3SZVNKJ3XASKHD02E2/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Natural Leather Tanning, Common Mistake # 1, Not Insuring Free Access of Liquors to the Skin A skin stuffed into a tub of tanning liquor and left overnight. More time would not have improved this situation. The skin would have used up all the liqour and even if more were added, it would still not reach those folds unless the skin was stirred at intervals. This is not tie-dyeing. Tanning liquors must be allowed to act on the skin. A similar effect can happen in other solutions, but it's very obvious in this one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1445425606065-UU75H1TSCA4PBO9KH8DT/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Natural Leather Tanning, Common Mistake # 1, Not Insuring Free Access of Liquors to the Skin Scraping over the flesh side of skins once or twice during tanning can really open up the fibers and allow for faster tanning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1445428956435-1FRZSRRHFQM3Y80NFIU5/Screen+Shot+2015-10-21+at+4.13.45+AM.png Blog - Natural Leather Tanning, Common Mistake # 1, Not Insuring Free Access of Liquors to the Skin This is a still I lifted from a cool video of an ancient Moroccan tannery that is probably still functioning just as it has for hundreds of years (or longer?). This worker is treading skins in a dye pit, but it could just as well be some other solution. We have the luxury of taking a little longer but in many cases the more the skin is moved, the faster the solution can work on the skin. In the case of dyeing like this it would also be necessary for even coloring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1445427202267-AJO10T58WMT8Q9ORZOZW/image-asset.png Blog - Natural Leather Tanning, Common Mistake # 1, Not Insuring Free Access of Liquors to the Skin It's hard to say what is going on here for sure. It looks like these guys are tanning or dyeing calf skins. They may just be moving the skins to a new solution, but piling skins like this to drain of their own weight for a while before replacing in solution is mentioned in the old tanning literature over and over again. If you watch any of these many videos of Moroccan tanneries, large piles of skins like this on the edges of the pits are a very common sight. It is likely that many of them are "handled" like this daily. In this scene, they are putting the hides into the pits and the worker in the pit is treading them down flat on the bottom. Simply laying skins away in there and leaving them would not effect the same result unless they are layered with quantities of crushed bark between each skin. https://skillcult.com/blog/2015/10/17/oraw0biw3x11b5ltrl0rzv02vdxs6f monthly 0.5 2015-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1445090697568-868WZR3NJF1V952GYU8K/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Wood Splitting Series, Part 2: Tools https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1445095267496-4I26X06BXUN0W6G3GZL6/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Wood Splitting Series, Part 2: Tools Standard American splitting maul. No doubt it could be improved a little, and that even sounds like a fun project I'd like to undertake sometime, but it works well enough that I'm not motivated to throw money out to find a better design. Aside from the handle, it was free. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1445099078657-XJHWHDT76B80XX4YGUL8/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Wood Splitting Series, Part 2: Tools https://skillcult.com/blog/2015/10/15/grape-tasting-and-a-notes-2015-and-a-new-apple monthly 0.5 2015-10-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1444966656164-3A0D0TKXTZONSCMJHATG/image-asset.png Blog - Grape Tasting Notes 2015, and a sneak peek at my New Apple! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1444966679456-KT18F3U145WE308GLXGQ/image-asset.png Blog - Grape Tasting Notes 2015, and a sneak peek at my New Apple! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1444966699192-13ZPWYYGF0VRU9CW6VCO/image-asset.png Blog - Grape Tasting Notes 2015, and a sneak peek at my New Apple! Enormous fantasy grape and raisin. This guy had a big hand! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1444966721445-GO359VPLF4C6788VD4SS/image-asset.png Blog - Grape Tasting Notes 2015, and a sneak peek at my New Apple! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1444966739351-ZGP9UV1TE5BT6KNNEGZ0/image-asset.png Blog - Grape Tasting Notes 2015, and a sneak peek at my New Apple! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1444966756955-4MMBHXZCPN2F3SXOJLGI/image-asset.png Blog - Grape Tasting Notes 2015, and a sneak peek at my New Apple! Beautiful, delicious Reliance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1444964451995-JVNDMCGCUYBUZAFCWOFK/DSC02424.jpg Blog - Grape Tasting Notes 2015, and a sneak peek at my New Apple! The blurry woman in the blue shirt is my mother. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1444964373664-90U8RIY8RMLOD1U70K8U/image-asset.png Blog - Grape Tasting Notes 2015, and a sneak peek at my New Apple! yum, fresh grape juice! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1444964278026-Y0CVFPE5PJQVZCHVWXSG/DSC02412.jpg Blog - Grape Tasting Notes 2015, and a sneak peek at my New Apple! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1444964011943-CZHVH65RYUKPHJMKLLQ8/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Grape Tasting Notes 2015, and a sneak peek at my New Apple! My new apple! In at least the top 25% of the 150 or so apples that have fruited here so far, as pleasant eating as any apple in season here right now, and not too bad lookin'! Stay tuned for a full report and what may very well be a snarky, gloating video :D https://skillcult.com/blog/2015/10/12/reviewing-norwegian-wood-chopping-stacking-and-drying-wood-the-scandinavian-way-by-lars-mytting monthly 0.5 2015-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1444885607287-B28SOHUI7HET7B3UJ0P1/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Book Review: Norwegian Wood, Chopping, Stacking and Drying Wood the Scandinavian way, by Lars Mytting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1444887376236-QAP6M4HQ9E0WN5VB6Z8P/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Book Review: Norwegian Wood, Chopping, Stacking and Drying Wood the Scandinavian way, by Lars Mytting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1444885679681-PQZIZ2HSNOYN59GUIE9D/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Book Review: Norwegian Wood, Chopping, Stacking and Drying Wood the Scandinavian way, by Lars Mytting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1444885710717-X1UE8QQGVR36SUFKMSYP/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Book Review: Norwegian Wood, Chopping, Stacking and Drying Wood the Scandinavian way, by Lars Mytting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1444886336473-9EYLJ3DNXIJDTSDAA6P3/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Book Review: Norwegian Wood, Chopping, Stacking and Drying Wood the Scandinavian way, by Lars Mytting https://skillcult.com/blog/2015/10/9/wood-splitting-series-part-1-introduction monthly 0.5 2015-10-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1444450243848-RCW5IF0IGMV17Q15LLYU/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Wood Splitting Series: Part 1, Introduction https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1444451957983-ZF3Y4F2KUN3560F3PERO/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Wood Splitting Series: Part 1, Introduction California wood is often hard and gnarly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1444450480850-7JGLWFGK3ESHKZC9LO4I/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Wood Splitting Series: Part 1, Introduction Eat-Split-Repeat. The human body is incredibly efficient. I can split a lot of firewood on that gallon of OJ. nah nah NAH nah nah na!, when I was a young boy, nah nah NAH nah nah na!, about the age of five, nah nah NAH nah nah na!, my mama said, nah nah NAH nah nah na!, I'd be the best wood splitter alive, nah nah NAH nah nah na! now I'm a man, nah nah NAH nah nah na!, way past twenty one, nah nah NAH nah nah na, and you know splittin' wood, nah nah NAH nah nah na, is a whole lotta fun!, nah nah NAH nah nah na!, cause I'm bad!, nah nah NAH nah nah na, b-b-b-b-bad!, nah nah NAH nah nah na!, bad to the bone, nah nah NAH nah nah na! :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1444451157299-3QBOOB9V7TCFPSULIH2T/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Wood Splitting Series: Part 1, Introduction Splitting v.s. Chopping, an importnat distinction https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1444491374332-7KCS79WW4FB4Z3E0VI41/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Wood Splitting Series: Part 1, Introduction https://skillcult.com/blog/2015/10/8/iras-handmade-gourd-and-rawhide-ukelele monthly 0.5 2015-10-09 https://skillcult.com/blog/2015/10/2/preparing-cooking-and-eating-chicken-feet-with-bonus-chicken-fistfinger-kung-fu-technique monthly 0.5 2015-10-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1443818437550-PUAIHBRRIX9KN4T0N21J/image-asset.jpeg Blog - How to Prepare and Cook Chicken Feet, With Bonus Chicken Fist/Finger Kung Fu Techniques https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1443818273081-OP4F2E29KL3BPXIPY4V0/Chicken+day.jpg Blog - How to Prepare and Cook Chicken Feet, With Bonus Chicken Fist/Finger Kung Fu Techniques Chicken processing day. The only three barred rocks that survived from the chicks acquired this spring were all roosters. They were starting to crow in the morning. Actually, more like learning to crow, which is worse. The coop is really close to the building I sleep in, which has no door. Just about 30 feet away actually. And it's basically a big metal resonator box, so as to better amplify the sweet sound. Just look at those huge ol' feet though! https://skillcult.com/blog/2015/9/25/acorns-for-tanning-leather monthly 0.5 2015-09-26 https://skillcult.com/blog/2015/9/17/introduction-to-potato-onions-video monthly 0.5 2015-09-27 https://skillcult.com/blog/2015/9/12/deer-hide-ruined-by-bad-skinning-job monthly 0.5 2015-09-12 https://skillcult.com/blog/2015/9/4/a-visit-to-frankentree-with-over-85-varieties-fruiting-this-season monthly 0.5 2015-09-05 https://skillcult.com/blog/2015/9/1/emergency-potato-onion-harvest-due-to-rain monthly 0.5 2015-09-02 https://skillcult.com/blog/2015/8/31/one-last-push-for-apple-seedlings-late-summer-feeding monthly 0.5 2015-08-31 https://skillcult.com/blog/tasting7earlyapples monthly 0.5 2015-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1440350549347-DJPRF4MZJ2UQV5LWHCG0/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Seven Summer Apples, Head to Head Taste Test Beautiful and Tasty Chestnut Crab https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1440352889231-SQUMVUDLVVU3E5Z7LFO2/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Seven Summer Apples, Head to Head Taste Test An old early apple variety known as Mother https://skillcult.com/blog/2015/8/22/pigs-for-tonia monthly 0.5 2015-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1440307601122-1RL4EXDLAHQ80UKX3WYY/image-asset.png Blog - pig pics for tonia <3 OJ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1440307694584-OC4BIAT4OWH5AOBTEI9L/image-asset.png Blog - pig pics for tonia <3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1440307879665-DQ6RBD0QCJMIVCNZGB54/image-asset.png Blog - pig pics for tonia <3 https://skillcult.com/blog/2015/08/08/removing-back-strap-sinew monthly 0.5 2015-08-25 https://skillcult.com/blog/2015/08/01/skinning-deer-and-goats-by-fisting monthly 0.5 2015-08-25 https://skillcult.com/blog/2015/07/25/peeling-oak-bark-for-tanning-leather-and-apple-breeding-update monthly 0.5 2015-08-19 https://skillcult.com/blog/2015/07/11/centenialandtrailmanapplereview monthly 0.5 2015-08-19 https://skillcult.com/blog/2015/07/05/a-video-tour-of-my-amateur-apple-breeding-project monthly 0.5 2015-08-19 https://skillcult.com/blog/2015/07/01/why-im-not-selling-at-the-farmers-market-anymore monthly 0.5 2015-07-01 https://skillcult.com/blog/2015/06/27/seed-give-away monthly 0.5 2015-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527687048-ELFPABN4I0EFTPWBPK8H/dsc00331_01.jpg Blog - Virtual Garden Tour and Seed Packet Give Away for Subscribers DSC00331_01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527687323-P6PTVJGN1SMN7160HWV4/dsc00380_01.jpg Blog - Virtual Garden Tour and Seed Packet Give Away for Subscribers DSC00380_01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527687380-9Y2E35BM9LK9KC83VOU0/dsc00333.jpg Blog - Virtual Garden Tour and Seed Packet Give Away for Subscribers DSC00333 https://skillcult.com/blog/2015/05/17/hide-glue-video-series monthly 0.5 2015-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1440005484650-3DHZ9BA22PQ10XS5AJ6N/hideglue-header.jpg Blog - Video Series on Making Quality Hide Glue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1440005484367-M4PM4K4D26P11H3U0XWC/glue1thumbfinishedyellow.jpg Blog - Video Series on Making Quality Hide Glue glue#1thumbFINISHEDYELLOW https://skillcult.com/blog/2015/05/10/amateur-apple-breeding-video-series-launched monthly 0.5 2015-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527685978-RKS7KPPA8YYM2I41V9J3/appleblossomdissection-macro450px.jpg Blog - Amateur Apple Breeding Video Series Launched! spread the love baby (you have to read that in the voice of Issaic Hayes;) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527685607-F3XFMNZZJXEZRIC6CP68/applebreedingthumbintropt1for-blog-post-450px.jpg Blog - Amateur Apple Breeding Video Series Launched! 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Frameworking is generally superior to topworking, a more usual method, and I will be pushing this idea more in the future. The Amaryllis flower bulbs growing beneath the tree are part of my tree understory experiments. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527672035-0U1PJ051TLWZFPB3F40I/frameworked-regrown.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 The same tree in August, harvesting amaryllis flowers for sale at the farmer's market. You can see the growth is pretty good on the new grafts. It almost just looks like a normal tree. The few fruits are from a few remaining branches of the old variety. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527681906-RIX1PHUZI9J8PWLQZIBV/understory-spring.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 More fruit tree understory experiments with amaryllis belladona. This tree literally had only 2 or 3 weeds under it this year. (edit, the following year it had 3 weeds, so the weed suppression part is definitely working!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527681633-8G1Y9S1FLD0VM2LRME3L/understory-in-summer.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 The same tree as above in the summer time showing dense mat of dead leaves protecting the soil. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527667729-WBF5HXNQIFTWT0CNJEV4/bride-of-frankentree1.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 My neighbors hired me to turn this apple into a frankentree for them. I think we put on about 30 varieties, all tested by me for this area. It was dubbed !Bride of frankentree! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527667971-SZ3N5GORGESX0AJHHVG7/bride-of-frankentree2.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 The tree prepared and ready to graft. One section on the left was retained as the original variety. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527668246-B6SYKJLGR134CVBAOZEL/bride-of-frankentree3.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 All the grafts finished and labeled https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527667571-YF27B36ER12PZDN2H565/bride-of-frankentree-4.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 Some regrowth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527679189-9COXOXOQCPBU3EHPUU0M/spatulas-with-axe.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 I carved some spoons and spatulas this year from maple and madrone. When I come across some nice wood, I blank out billets with my hatchet and store them for later use. The rough shape is made with the hatchet and finished with a knife, rasp and sandpaper. They sold pretty well, but I don't really do it for the money, because it doesn't pay that well when using hand tools. A bandsaw would speed it up, but where's the fun in that? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527678831-UXD16J6I93ROTFEMBUQF/seed-pockets.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 this year I got it together to print all my seed pockets and post a how to video on Youtube. I may redo the video at some point, as the quality is not so great, but it works. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527678292-5IUKKB5VSALS4NX3ZBL7/ruby-streaks-seeds.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 Seeds of Ruby Streaks, a red Mizuna type mustard green. This hasn't turned out to be a very good market item, but I eat quite a bit of it sauteed in butter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527674490-OE8CR2KEMLMBXZPHOYW6/leek-seeds.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 Bulgarian Giant Leek seeds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527674592-B6HA0YLLY5AKK9ZJ5EZ7/leeks-to-market.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 A nice batch of leeks on the way to market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527674238-VJAVT91QPDGYO3FN7F8X/leek-girl.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 One of my best customers hamming it up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527678684-YX2FWQRQZLLMH3N3Z8B4/screen-shot-2015-01-07-at-5-20-28-am.png Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 I continue to be amused by frequent hits on my How to Grow Huge Ass Leeks post from people searching for huge ass porn, or how to grow a huge ass. Hopefully some of those people have been edified somehow by running across this blog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527672424-0W6WK8SDB0QA81MZIT4R/in-case-of-hippies.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 Possibly the funniest thing I've seen all year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527676443-0GT816J79IHCHJ0MT3CA/nursery-row-digging.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 Newly dug bed for trialing red fleshed apple seedlings. The white color is from ashes and oyster shell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527664037-U6YN5SJ9JOAH5QGJHQBR/apple-seedlings-in-wheel-barrow.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 Beautiful healthy apple seedling from my red fleshed apple breeding experiments headed for the trial rows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527676158-G5N1TB12TIQXEXQ5F4IH/nursery-row-planting.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 Planting the seedlings. I went for a very close 12 inches apart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527664129-HFY0HAWWFLVXKRNMFLZ6/apple-seedlings.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 the new crop of apple seedlings overgrown in the flats as usual. These will be grafted onto dwarfing stock this year. I just planted the seeds from last year's pollinating. I'm not sure how many more batches I'll do. I may just do one more year and call it good. I've only got so much room and resources to grow out apple seedlings, but there are a few more crosses I'd like to make. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527669202-1RWDCRJYCJSAB2NJO41B/char-pit-pile.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 this was a tree planting site on which I did a charcoal burn. I dug a large pit, burned the charcoal in the pit, crushed it and re-buried it in the pit as it was refilled. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527668978-CI2LR3JK062BD3GM4SNJ/char-pit-filling.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 Reburying the pit with charcoal mixed in. The tree has done very well in spite of a serious drought. It was plump and flushed deep green all year. I did mix in some urine as I went to charge up the charcoal. otherwise, it will soak up all the nitrogen during the first year leaving none for the tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527669350-ZLG0VVJ6JDIC6D8SFOQD/charcoal-trench-2.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 More trench burning of charcoal from the youtube video I posted on the method. I'm stoked about it. It seems to work very well, and it's fun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527671165-6JW008CSWDFVFFZ1329M/fossil-charcoal.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 People are often skeptical about the alleged durability of charcoal. I've found charcoal buried deep in the ground and probably associated with artifacts thousands of years old. Anyway, this seems to prove the point pretty well. It's a fossil that my friend found with both petrified wood and pieces of charcoal embedded in a stone matrix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527668587-FJTESAZYXQMMA8CGIPGX/char-bed-digging.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 Digging biochar into a bed. This bed performed very well compared to most of the rest of the garden. In fact, my other biochar amended bed and this one were the best performing beds. This one was done as an experiment. Half is 10% charcoal to 20 inches deep and the other half is 20%, but only dug in 10 inches. In otherwords, same amount of charcoal in each end of the bed just mixed shallower or deeper. No observable differences so far. I have quite a bit of charcoal stockpiled and hope to get a couple more beds prepared this spring. I'm planning more char to greater depth on the next bed and it will be prepared all at once by digging everything out to at least two feet and re-assembling it in layers. That may seem like a lot of work, but given that it should result in a permanent improvement it doesn't seem so bad. Especially given the large amounts of organic matter that people dig into their beds yearly and which disappears yearly. Not that charcoal is a total replacement for organic matter, but it does have some important functional similarities and will probably ultimately either reduce needed inputs, or result in better use of them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527668610-8VP7UCZO5G7W0S0G2FJ8/carrots.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 Carrots at the Farmer's Market https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1441031933098-OOG5R55ZDQWM8V5M5RKX/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 One year of growth on an apple tree after dis-budding and notching to select branches. This method appears so superior to what is commonly recommended that I am anxious to do an article or video on it. It may be a little hard to visualize in 3 dimensions from a 2 dimensional picture, but this tree gave me 4 branches in four different directions in just one year. I haven't taken a current picture, but the tree will be grafted over since the scion wood was mislabeled. It was supposed to be Golden Harvey, a super sweet long keeping cider/eating apple that I was all stoked up to find. It turned out to be some bitter foamy cider apple of no account. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527675899-LON12J0INE0NRCKDXRXU/notched-bud.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 This picture shows the more rapid progress of a bud which has been notched. note that it is further along than the other buds. Supposedly that is because the notch disrupts signals from the top of the tree which otherwise would inhibit it's growth, but also possibly because it directs nutrients into the bud instead of letting them pass up the tree. Whatever the physiological mechanism, it works. After taking this, I removed the buds I didn't want as scaffold branches. This is a sour cherry. Sweet cherry has not responded at all well to notching and dis-budding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527676738-S2W5OLME7W1QKESNTWU5/olives-jar-of.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 This jar of olives was about 4 years old when I opened it and took the olives to the Olive Odyssey festival. They were very good. This is one great advantage to fermenting and then storing in the fermenting jars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527676969-HUX035QVA8M8CN7MVLLX/olives-plate-of.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 Said olives looking tasty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527669834-WNQQUCBHZKASKSGMX37Z/chicken-dismemberment.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 Chicken broken down into potentially edible parts. I was experimenting for a minute with eating as much of a chicken as possible. Those two things on the table to the left of the chicken that look like dead salamanders taste awful. Don't eat those. I don't know what they are, but they taste like chicken poop smells. I also made several attempts to process and eat the intestines , but they also taste like chicken poo. I gave up on them. The actual sphincter is quite tasty though. Ultimately, that still leave the great majority of the chicken imminently edible. A lot of chickens have been on death row for a while as they have grown beyond the carrying capacity of the land. Lucky for them I haven't had enough energy to get around to slaughtering very many of them. I accidentally shot one of the hens though, because a bout of uveitis had affected my vision to the point that I thought it was a similar looking rooster. A tragedy maybe, but a tasty one! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527669991-X9J2EPFCNX8OS2SWCFLQ/chicks-and-mom.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 Have to have at least one picture of cute baby chicks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527665056-9XQE0B5R4KK1E6DZCGOZ/bark-leather-scraping.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 Finishing some oak tanned leather that was started in 2013. Here I'm scraping over the flesh side one last time to remove bits of tissue and oak bark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527676693-UAZ0COBDQL3E5SAHNYI2/oling-leather.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 My friend Talcon oiling the flesh side of the leather with tallow before we paste it down to a piece of plywood for finishing and drying. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527673940-0EIEYSAVUTX2V7TEBIRI/leather-slicking.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 In this step, the leather is smoothed out with a rounded polished slate. This removes wrinkles and dents. It also sticks the hide to the board because of the tallow pasted over the flesh side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527673992-UCIOTU41H6CJTI7G7DC2/leather-chicken-tracks.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 After setting the skin to dry up on saw horses, the chickens walked all over it, so I had to re-slick it with the slate to smooth it back out. otherwise it would dry with these permanent marks, just like when leather is tooled to form patterns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527673084-HM0VKJTV84XMN510IR6D/leather-drying.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 The finished leather drying slowly in the winter sun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527672455-Z3IDZQTXY2QID722G3SY/iitoi.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 I'itoi onions (pronounced E E toy) which I started selling on ebay this year. They are exceedingly rare at this point, but the many packages I sent out this year should help change that. It is a very small onion that was grown by the O'odam in the southwest. Thought to be brought by the Spanish invaders, it is well adapted to the droughty South West. It quickly forms large clusters of very small shallot like onions which can grow perennially as chives or be harvested and replanted to make small onions. They are awful small, but they're pretty cool and very tasty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527680474-BCFYO9I0SOAANXM31UKJ/toffee-close-up.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 I made quite a few batches of bay nut toffee this year. about 50/50 pasture fed butter and sugar, a little salt and vanilla, and bay nuts. I'm still refining recipes, but it has been declared very good by all tasters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527680294-1M39X3K1D9V8XNCZY8D2/toffee-bags.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 Bay nut toffee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527665211-GZMCC9YH746KMHYGCVV2/bay-hearts.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 These are not chocolate, they are ground roasted bay nuts with sugar and orange peel. They look like chocolate and melt like chocolate. They also taste more like chocolate than anything I've ever tried, but they are still very different. These turned out great, but they undergo a process of degredation and separation the same as chocolate will when not subjected to certain processes of tempering, and usually with the addition of lecithin as an emulsifier. Eventually most of the fat coalesced together leaving the dry powder separate. I hope to work on experimenting with tempering it like chocolate, but I need access to a muller and hopefully a tempering machine, though I could do that by hand with enough patience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527680945-I1JJWSXV33OKV8S1YLOP/trelis.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 Bean trellis in the morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527675272-RCEDN9BPK8S9GN5GXPLN/netted-letti.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 Netted bed of lettuce and scallions going to seed. I have to net most of the greens here. This is mosquito netting, which is pretty cheap, but it hasn't held up that well in the sun. Otherwise, I like it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527675064-VDSZ8WTY5BWUBXOHZC9C/montevideo-iris.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 Montevideo Iris. I thought these would do better at the market, but they were not that popular. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527679990-1X88AU7SVOKXGJQH10H3/titans-glory.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 Titan's Glory iris. This iris does everything big. It has large rhizomes that spread quickly and large flowers that bloom profusely. All around an excellent variety. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527677110-USEYT6L1G3FNVQJSO2PT/peachy-iris.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 I don't recall the name of this iris, but it's awesome. I wasn't too keen on it at first, but now it's become my favorite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527677083-9E5KTPL2S8AQEOQYDURO/oriental-poppy.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 Oriental Poppy. I planted 3 varieties of these as experiments in tree understories. They haven't performed that well in that capacity, but they are still very cool and extremely rugged. I tried to kill some and the just keep coming back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527676479-J8GZ1JASWUQQJDQH876S/ocd-wartichokes.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 getting OCD with some artichokes. These were made into canned artichoke hearts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527682980-S5F8GS145PCT84PXH71B/williams-pride.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 William's Pride. This is a very promising early apple. Here photographed in July it is in eating late July and early august here. It is surprisingly good for that early of an apple competing with chestnut crab for best early apple, though that isn't really a fair comparison since they are so different. It is quite large, very crunchy and crisp, has a surprising amount of tannin and pretty complex flavor. As you can see, it takes a high polish too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527674932-1WTUD2A15OF76M7LNX68/madrone-billets.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 Madrone billets for making stuff on the lathe. I got my lathe up and running and managed to make a few awls and willow cleaves before the space it was in got repurposed as living space. These madrone billets were split out of a neighbors fallen tree, hewn into a rough shape with a hatchet, rough turned on the lathe and then oiled with tallow for seasoning. I stock up on wood like this when it's available. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527683171-PKOLZAOFJQ82HJJC073Q/willow-cleaves.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 This is a willow cleave made from the above madrone. It is for splitting willow into 3 strands used in certain types of basketry. Not a tool that many people need. I wouldn't be surprised if I'm the only person making them in the states. They are for sale on Etsy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527664668-FO029GBWCJEK3ECQJQ0G/awl-in-buckskin.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 Madrone awl. I started an Etsy account for Paleotechnics and listed my awls, willow cleaves and some jewelry type stuff. These are ideal for buckskin and a lot of the type of leather work I do. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527679439-TXGJLNX2F1HD6SATZMHN/strange-moth.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 Strange moth in the garden taking flight from an artichoke leaf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527666035-08PL4H5Z942BR3XQ2F43/bedragled-dandelion.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 A bedragled dandelion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527666912-BFTTZ4EM1FXVZAIZ5NPC/black-sage-spike.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 Black Sage flower spike. I like these, they have a cool architecture. Bugs love them too. The latin is Salvia mellifera, thousand flowers, and it lives up to the name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527670445-E2F72BP1Y1YRSS8MBOC0/diabrotica.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 Diabrotica, or Cucumber Beetle, on Artichoke flower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527672159-VHXTU6N7NY7VLCO9Q981/guess-what.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 guess what? Bee butt! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527674693-27URQW0JB8GV20P1LKPM/leezard-card.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 Leezard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527674893-04XBJQYKSMCSDP23M9H1/limb-lizard.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 chillin' in an apple tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527664931-S2BKX4L394PFMDYZDRHC/baby-lizard.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 Baby fence lizard. They start coming out in July. They are born with large heads so they can start eating right away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527669670-P42XBJY7L1ICT0WAMRZX/cherries.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 The ever productive and healthy English Morello cherry tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527670791-NJKVUV18MIWKXRNVRK49/drum-necklace.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 a miniature drum necklace, a little bigger than a quarter. goat rawhide, elderberry wood and brain tanned buckskin. More Etsy product https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527678176-G85DDX5UDNKWCJ08LTT5/reliance.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 Reliance grape, which I'm increasingly impressed with. Short video review HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527670870-GYZLV09GY8FO1ZLUJMA2/egg-v-s-egg.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 large store egg v.s. small turkeysong egg. I'm always shocked when I see how sallow and pathetic store eggs are. Organic and "free range" account for very little in store eggs. The yolks are undersized, pale and contain more inflammatory fatty acids DHA, Arachidonic acid and omega 6 fats from a steady diet of grain. They probably aren't capable of supporting life, a chick's or ours. I was running low on eggs, so I bought a dozen, but I ended up just eating the whites and tossing the yolks. I set up a light on a timer to trick the hens into starting to lay again and got three eggs today and yesterday...whew! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527677523-YNIVNC350Z5VQKH5DBPF/pears-in-a-bowl.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 Finally getting some pears. The big red one is Souvenir Du Congres. it was very good. The others are bartletts grafted from an old homestead tree at the top of the driveway. I'm getting some asian pears too and a few winter pears the name of which escapes me just now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527678994-T64IZI87SMVNKVN403AA/soil-bank-trench.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 The first soil enrichment, biochar, latrine, experimental pit/trench/hole is finally dug and slowly accumulating otherwise unused organic matter. Yay, progress! I had some help digging, thanks to Will and Gretchen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527681081-OYO43GJ1QXX8QK9D6M9Y/truck-vulture.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 Vulture hangin' around the compost pile on a convenient roost. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527682840-1KCEJK9SE9KBTDCHE099/vulture.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 Another vulture taking flight. He was sunning himself on the garden gate. They scrounge through the food waste after the chickens are done. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527682785-O4S6HRV2F4WKKN8Q4BY9/view-from-top.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 View from up the drive a bit, showing the type of country here, which is pretty diverse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527682828-AHWIQ9B5C6YIHEFJ6SCK/view-to-coast.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 Dusk view toward the coast on the other side of the ridge about 300 feet out the back door. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527682093-39NX71SUIG2816PYZM4G/venison-sushi.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 Venison sushi, my new favorite way to eat venison. The meat is previously frozen, which should take care of parasites. I'll be cleaning my deer more carefully next year to maximize sashimi potential. I'm making some for lunch in a few minutes, yum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527681472-K6XHK9ZG4YBWCH12OW9W/under-honey-mushroom.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 Honey mushroom detail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527672309-WZ6ZINWTBN2C9CSWUAZZ/honey-mushrooms.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 Honey Mushrooms at a great stage for eating, which I of course did! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527678598-FR02FRHFGYLQSAJXIJP0/saffron-in-box.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 I scored some incredibly cheap saffron bulbs this year. I sold some on ebay to pay for the order, planted some in random field plantings as an experiment to see how long it takes the gophers to eat them all, and put some in a garden bed to multiply for later. As you can see, I was a little tardy in planting them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527673058-7V65O8NCHFIGIJY7BN1I/knife-handle.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 This is a knife that an intern/helper gave me. I was already considering buying this exact knife for carving the flutes in my willow cleaves. I've been geeking out on knife handles and had this idea for carving the handle for increased grip texture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527672945-G4EFTB5HMI5HRU5MKN6K/knife-handle-close-up.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 Detail of above https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527672630-7K2736202RTLY32L1MJB/knife-and-sheath.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 My friend brought over this knife to make a sheath. I've got an outline made for a video on knife handle design and had to entirely reshape the handle first, which turned into a video segment. The sheath is made from 4 different leathers, stiff bark tanned wild boar on the inside, soft goat on the outside, a horse hide welt to protect the stitching and braintanned buckskin sewing thong. It turned out pretty sweet. I'm not a big fan of this mora style of blade for general purpose knives, but that puts me in a minority among the primitive skills crowd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527667480-XCT1H0G72GGPIXFW6ZVN/bracelet.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, The Year in Pictures and Video, 2014 Barktanned bracelet, more Esty product https://skillcult.com/blog/2014/10/11/introduction-to-frankentree-video monthly 0.5 2015-08-31 https://skillcult.com/blog/2014/10/04/simple-efficient-cheap-flexible-trench-biochar-method-video monthly 0.5 2015-08-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527663395-0G3U4CF0NUOSUQSMK9MY/trench.jpg Blog - Simple, Efficient, Cheap, Flexible Biochar Trench Video, and Frankentree Trailer A trench burn using mostly untrimmed douglas fir limbs worked adequately well. Better than very spreading tangly type branches, but not quite as well as lengths and chunks of wood without any small branches. https://skillcult.com/blog/2014/09/23/grapes-and-biochar-a-few-videos monthly 0.5 2015-08-31 https://skillcult.com/blog/2014/09/18/seasoning-bones-how-to-avoid-cracking-when-drying-bones monthly 0.5 2024-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1440005483964-78888GQJDI9EQWEDFYJG/bone-seasoning-header.jpg Blog - Seasoning Bones: How to avoid cracking in drying bones bone seasoning header https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1440005482932-BWFDDTZQZXDB733Y536U/cracked-bone.jpg Blog - Seasoning Bones: How to avoid cracking in drying bones Typical cracking along the grain of the bone. Bone, like wood, has a grain direction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1440005483167-ZXFMYUIO6EX3DNU4DJIM/oily-ulnaradius.jpg Blog - Seasoning Bones: How to avoid cracking in drying bones This bone was not oiled, but just dried in the shade. It didn't crack because the oil from inside it, the marrow oil, seeped into the bone, replacing the water. it was also dried in the shade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1440005483605-IH53WSJ0JZYPII0LSOC9/cracked-weathered-bone.jpg Blog - Seasoning Bones: How to avoid cracking in drying bones This bone is heavily checked from repeated wetting and drying as well as baking very dry in the sun. Also, there is no oil left in the bone after so much time and weathering. Bone, again like wood, prefers to have a little oil in it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1440005483251-NJ0ZKS1VODRM5OB3T7B6/oiled-skippy-bone.jpg Blog - Seasoning Bones: How to avoid cracking in drying bones Deer bone from this year oiled with Deer tallow, which is so thick that it acts almost like a wax, resulting in very slow drying. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1440005483049-CFH1E3NAND75626TSYYT/bone-stash.jpg Blog - Seasoning Bones: How to avoid cracking in drying bones A few of my stash of seasoned bones for making stuff. I wish I had some pictures of all the cool bone stuff I've made over the years, but I don't. https://skillcult.com/blog/2014/09/13/saffron-dreams-musings-and-experiments-in-growing-saffron monthly 0.5 2015-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527661920-ZAHIWFOIIDOQM6SSI9Y2/saffron-dreams-header.jpg Blog - Saffron Dreams: Musings and experiments in growing Saffron https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527662359-64TIS40KTGWXDITVZ1PS/soaking-saffron-progress.jpg Blog - Saffron Dreams: Musings and experiments in growing Saffron https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527661578-OEH8AW4WFYMQM7B98IV9/saffron-threads-fresh.jpg Blog - Saffron Dreams: Musings and experiments in growing Saffron https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527662584-PGDTWI5CO4FAGGFSOKV9/saffron-bulbs-w-husks.jpg Blog - Saffron Dreams: Musings and experiments in growing Saffron https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527660715-3H9XX4K3KD8SN4SLQ8DV/bee-in-saffron-flower.jpg Blog - Saffron Dreams: Musings and experiments in growing Saffron I'm just breaking this up with pretty pictures so you'll keep reading this geeky shit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527663009-DQ4127IJT5TZRX58YUIM/planting-saffron.jpg Blog - Saffron Dreams: Musings and experiments in growing Saffron Re-planting in a new bed after gopher attack. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527661681-U6I0RXKG9GLU3BQMZ30Y/wire-lined-saffron-bed.jpg Blog - Saffron Dreams: Musings and experiments in growing Saffron lining a bed with hardware cloth from the scrap yard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527660976-3K4JDS1B788A7QHLY953/replanting-saffron.jpg Blog - Saffron Dreams: Musings and experiments in growing Saffron Re-planting again. The corms are already growing. They survived, but probably didn't reproduce or grow as much as they would have if allowed to grow unmolested. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527660377-94ZYIB564CZH0V0142SX/saffron-root-through-burned-clay.jpg Blog - Saffron Dreams: Musings and experiments in growing Saffron This is sort of interesting. This is a saffron root growing through a fragment of a clay and straw lime kiln wall. I pulverized the whole kiln with some ash and burned shell fragments and used them to amend the new saffron bed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527659926-P1ZZETIP9ZSVFZB5N2Q8/fired-kiln-wall-fragment.jpg Blog - Saffron Dreams: Musings and experiments in growing Saffron Close up of a clay kiln wall fragment. You can see the holes left by the straw that was also used in the construction. In fact, it was more straw than clay by volume I think, so there is a lot of pore space in there. This probably has water and nutrient holding capabilities as numerous old accounts I've read extol the virtues of burned clay as a soil amendment. This in particular is probably extra more better, because of the straw incorporated. I can think of ways to make this even more betterer, and if the kiln breakdown product is considered as a resource, it might be worth tweaking the recipe a little to get a maximally functional product. Okay, now my gears are turning, watch out! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527659679-9MD3HG0GX8VZAIXE3O6Y/saffron-flowers-in-basket.jpg Blog - Saffron Dreams: Musings and experiments in growing Saffron It's easier to harvest the flowers and then sit around comfortably plucking the threads than plucking them from the growing flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527660083-MI5BX4K784EJ7Y72805R/fresh-harvested-saffron-threads.jpg Blog - Saffron Dreams: Musings and experiments in growing Saffron fresh harvested saffron threads https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527662388-RO3LQF6W6I6FZ1QTKZ28/saffron-corm-close-up-with-new-sprouts.jpg Blog - Saffron Dreams: Musings and experiments in growing Saffron Saffron Corm sprouting out. Note each of these side shoots will become it's own corm by the end of the season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527661188-6WB6TOJD1BPX72O0CUQA/saffron-jelly.jpg Blog - Saffron Dreams: Musings and experiments in growing Saffron Saffron blood apple jelly. The apples are over ripe Grenadine that aren't good for anything else, but make great jelly. I just dropped a few saffron threads into each jar. It's seriously hella good, besides looking awesome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527662116-KDILUDMZMWY05NSQQZVU/jelly-making.jpg Blog - Saffron Dreams: Musings and experiments in growing Saffron Jelly making. It's just pretty with all those fall colors around. So maybe I set it up a little, but all that shit was sitting on my counter already. 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I think the roots have probably hit pay dirt. Overall though, planning to plant trees over latrine sites hasn't worked out that well, and it's a short term soil improvement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527657315-4UHCPRK8D6C16OBIKGWH/ye-old-outhouse.jpg Blog - Soil Banking With Biochar: proposition for a migrating latrine system aimed at permanent soil improvement Ye 'ol outhouse, a loo with a view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527655746-WEAS7LBXDYS7PNCGYCUN/brush-pile.jpg Blog - Soil Banking With Biochar: proposition for a migrating latrine system aimed at permanent soil improvement Top down pile, ready to light as soon as rains start. See this pile burn here! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527655946-JQ37XAOV7SASO9BHL9YR/pallet-burn.jpg Blog - Soil Banking With Biochar: proposition for a migrating latrine system aimed at permanent soil improvement Top down pallet pile. Notice how little smoke there is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527656664-CPEPDFRQRF3J485UBHOE/trench-burning-charcoal.jpg Blog - Soil Banking With Biochar: proposition for a migrating latrine system aimed at permanent soil improvement Burning charcoal in a trench. There is a trench, this is the end of the burn when it's full of charcoal. Video here. https://skillcult.com/blog/2014/06/06/some-very-cool-films-on-acorn-and-buckeye-processing monthly 0.5 2015-08-20 https://skillcult.com/blog/2014/03/30/origami-seed-pocket monthly 0.5 2015-08-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527654500-6AYT6RICDHMS64CNUQM5/seed-pocket-header2.jpg Blog - Turkeysong Origami Seed Pockets Video Goes Live! seed pocket header https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527654661-EFBQQ3ZBH6U7KIZMFP3K/seed-pockets-front-and-back1.jpg Blog - Turkeysong Origami Seed Pockets Video Goes Live! seed pockets front and back https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527654930-Y4AZOMSW2ICXS0401G52/seed-pockets-side1.jpg Blog - Turkeysong Origami Seed Pockets Video Goes Live! seed pockets side https://skillcult.com/blog/2014/03/02/manure-mats monthly 0.5 2015-08-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527655280-OYZX6TUO9A3TFRWIW0HU/manure-mat-header1.jpg Blog - Manure Mats https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527653773-G77IXWLRJAMFIBBFCRO7/peerigation.jpg Blog - Manure Mats Pee, the best kept gardening secret https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1441035312724-WPEGLW44XSA5FXYKYVCQ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Manure Mats The PoopCoop! This coop was my idea, designed and built by tonia. It has a 1x2 inch galvanized wire mesh floor and a wooden subfloor. The subfloor is well ventilated and can be accessed for poo removal from the front and back. There are boards screwed on the access points to keep the chickens from getting in there scratching around for bugs. I would make the access slots a little taller for easier access, maybe with doors instead of boards screwed on. Otherwise, it works pretty great. Make sure you orient the wire and the boards on the drying floor in the right direction for easy scrapping, otherwise you get a washboard effect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527625604-I0K6PKP5OQ19H02ISYU2/chicken-poo.jpg Blog - Manure Mats chicken poo. A common sight at turkeysong. Good stuff when it's not on your shoe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527654008-G6W0R1Q11GVGPW45XNKJ/first-year-garden.jpg Blog - Manure Mats This first year garden at Turkeysong was under surface cultivation. I returned from a several day trip with a friend during a multi-day, over 100 degrees f, heat wave and he was astounded at my perky butter lettuce which had been watered and cultivated just before leaving. 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I prefer to prep the whole tree at once so that grafting proceeds quickly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527648240-H7MVP83Y2CK6U3291GPE/wide-bride-of-frankentree.jpg Blog - And a Frankentree in Every Garage bride of frankentree all grafted up and no place to grow. 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Note again the flat cuts make a tight fit https://skillcult.com/blog/2014/01/26/theres-more-to-fire-than-heat-fuel-and-oxygen monthly 0.5 2019-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1440005480665-N2BM834T4N5ZPUB1IRY3/fire-profile.jpg Blog - There's More to Fire Than Heat, Fuel and Oxygen (or, Fire Exists Within a Sphere of Changing and Interdependent Circumstances) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1440005480476-PO9LMDQX1D3CXH3F3KEL/dinner-fire.jpg Blog - There's More to Fire Than Heat, Fuel and Oxygen (or, Fire Exists Within a Sphere of Changing and Interdependent Circumstances) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1440005481012-H740RMETUNR732YE1OXV/fire.jpg Blog - There's More to Fire Than Heat, Fuel and Oxygen (or, Fire Exists Within a Sphere of Changing and Interdependent Circumstances) fire https://skillcult.com/blog/2014/01/19/turkeysong-seed-and-vegetable-varieties monthly 0.5 2017-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527646554-PW1HH366UZIEVB5AF13W/turkeysong-varieties-header.jpg Blog - Turkeysong Seed and Vegetable Varieties turkeysong varieties header https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527646201-OEQPCZT25B6K1GLFOXK5/seed-pockets1.jpg Blog - Turkeysong Seed and Vegetable Varieties My original seed packet design! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527647041-TKZ7OYSLSUIYD4EZLUTW/bronze-beauty-lettuce.jpg Blog - Turkeysong Seed and Vegetable Varieties Bronze Beauty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527644046-YEIJ6AQM955RZJM4G20B/green-zebra-close-up.jpg Blog - Turkeysong Seed and Vegetable Varieties Green Zebra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527643250-BBENU3YDXJZ9L0980Z6L/blue-beech-tomatoes.jpg Blog - Turkeysong Seed and Vegetable Varieties Not 100% sure these are blue beech, but probably and they look about like this anyway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527646996-QCBM3EU6EZ31D65EWDUA/zapotec-tomato-on-plate.jpg Blog - Turkeysong Seed and Vegetable Varieties Zapotec https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527645211-F7J5JFQE4MMX2RX5PU7S/mizuna-leaf-and-seeds.jpg Blog - Turkeysong Seed and Vegetable Varieties Ruby Streaks. I was calling them red mizuna for a while, because that's basically what it is. There is also a red streaks mizuna going around. 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They hold in the ground for a while, so I don’t miss the crop window if I can’t make it to the market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527631820-2ZYGHUIEBFFSZUN7WO6X/mom-and-chicks.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. They just kept hatching more all summer. Probably just because they’re happy free range chickens driven to fulfill their biological purpose. These two chicks made it. Mom moved them into the coop after most of their siblings were killed in a raccoon attack one night. The price of freedom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527631396-29KNTQI9WSO8A5DGI4YY/mating-aligator-lizards.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. Alligator lizard foreplay. They’d probably be less than thrilled to know they were modeling for exhibition on the web. They’ll run around like this for a while before they can get it up (cold blooded low metabolism at work I guess :). I’m sure it’s totally hot to be bitten on the head if you’re an alligator lizard chick. She looks stoked. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527639266-CMZ887VKVMWW0MWK2VTO/williams-pride-apple.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. William’s Pride, half polished. This apple ripens in August and seems promising for an early apple, but it has stiff competition in chestnut crab ripening in the same season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527638306-FO1O0C1J4R8FI83YNT67/tomatillos-roasting-on-charcoal.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. Tomatillos roasting for salsa. Roasting really adds some great flavor! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527639802-4DAFK6AJD5MU9DX6Y412/zapotec-tomato.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. Zapotec tomato is a good eating and salsa tomato. It didn’t turn out to be the great canner I hoped it would though, so it’s back to blue beech to fill that niche for now. Paul Robeson was a great slicer and is probably here to stay (thanks mom for introducing me to both of those varieties!). I usually have free seeds of my favorite tomatoes and vegetables at the farmer’s market in Ukiah, and at the winter scion exchange in Boonville. I have a huge basket full of folded seed pockets ready to go. They are almost like business cards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527638600-WXTHC7DOKWCZCVB82B0G/where-the-magic-happens.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. Where the magic happens? Grapefruits gleaned from town with lots of sugar. According to the owners of this grapefruit tree, it produces fruit for about 11 months of the year. Yet there is really not that much citrus planted in Ukiah. Citrus trees are ornamental, easy to care for (usually needing very little if any care), the flowers smell good and they produce food that most people like, but which is relatively expensive to buy and is currently shipped in, often from long distances. WTF homeowners? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527626882-FYZ6L5MU1SR6H4Z2PLXZ/curing-potato-onions.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. Curing potato onions. Selling potato onion starts on ebay has been a helpful income boost since fall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527629928-LNN6ISOJ84SDGHS1L5SR/green-mountain-multiplier-slice.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. potato onion slice showing the "eyes" or growing points that become new bulbs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527625536-OF99SVNZCCLMS6AUNM3L/charcoal-grinding.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. Grinding charcoal sifted out of the wood stove and fire pit ashes. Every time I start a fire, I shovel out the cold ashes and charcoal from the last fire. As you can see, it adds up! I’ve pretty much abandoned this grinder for now, until I can restore it and set it to finer grind setting than the one it’s stuck on now, which is pea sized and down. Now I’m using a garbage disposal unit that was set up a few years ago for grinding apples for the juice press. It is much faster and makes a finer grind, though I sort of miss the meditative spinning of the wheel and knowing I was doing it with my own motive power. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527631043-FFV1FY5SC1RDWLKB9IUK/interstem-trees-in-fruit.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. The interstem trees that I did not graft over have come into pretty decent bearing. Being young, I had to thin them quite a bit this year to prevent limb breakage. They are tending to be suckery, but otherwise, I’d say this system is a success. They seem fairly self sufficient, grow fast and fruit early. The fruit quality is high so far. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527637973-HGYP6ES9DRDAXTQAYTYB/the-romantic-version.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. Onion braids and chili ristras at turkeysong, the romantic version. Yellow of Parma Onion seems to be holding up pretty well in storage, but I’m not sure it’s my favorite flavor wise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527630060-QZI6D2PZVWWQM6EIICYL/hall-apple.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. The Hall apple has an interesting story. It was very highly respected at one time, but was nearly lost to cultivation because it was too small to compete in the markets as food shifted increasingly toward larger scale production and people purchased more and grew less. It was rediscovered by apple hunter Tom Brown (no, not the survival guy) who deserves major props for sleuthing out many old apples that would otherwise be lost forever. Go Tom! Hall was also grown in California at one time, and was of commercial interest, though it probably fell out of favor here for the same reasons. Being a southern apple, it was resistant to our hot summers. My few specimens this year were badly watercored, but that is likely to clear up as the tree matures. The flavor was intense, even early in the season, so I’m hopeful it will stand up to the benchmarks already set by other great apples grown here. This specimen is larger than average since it was grown on a cordon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527628935-8E979HQKW8ERKNSLXEUD/fruiting-cordons.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. It was a good year for apples! Some gigantic and some tiny. Some delicious and some spitters. The cordon trees have really started to produce. They grow enormous apples. My only complaint is that the apples seem somewhat watered down compared to those off of my other apple trees, no doubt because of watering. I have to water them since they have small root systems and are crowded together, but I may cut back a little to see if I can get closer to the dry farmed taste intensity and sweetness of my other apples. I got to taste a lot of new apples this year and have lost count of how many are fruiting. I sold apples at the market and did a lot of impromptu tastings with people. I’ve gotten some good input and insights now and feel confident to move forward with planting a few more trees for market. I won’t be going large scale or anything. I like keeping a diversified farm economy, it’s safe and resilient, and way more fun! But I would like to be able to take more than a couple of boxes to market. I’m consistently impressed by my apples and disappointed in everyone else’s. I simply don’t take lame apples to market. Those are for the chickens or the juice press. All these years of research and trial testing varieties is paying off. I’m not sure if I’ll do an apple variety blog report this year, but you’ll certainly be hearing more about worthy and unworthy apple varieties sometime in the future. I’ve occasionally had my doubts about sinking so much time, thought and energy into the whole apple project, but tasting some great apples this year, and seeing people’s faces when trying them was very gratifying and has confirmed what my enthusiasm already knew. That should be no surprise since it was all done out of passion and usually the thing you are most compelled to do will bear fruit in some way eventually. That at least is how I’ve always lived. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527628435-T0CHOJP54FZM332XE5P7/drying-strawberries.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. Drying strawberries. This was in the spring. I just forgot to put it in the last post. Dried strawberries are intensely flavored, but I can’t say they are super fun to just eat. I haven’t really figured out what to do with them yet. I’ll be sure to let you know if I break the dried strawberry code, and let us know if you already have. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527634294-1MQEMZ30KLL4M6PFIGZN/red-apples-for-jelly.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. Red fleshed apples for making jelly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527627937-WJE8UB8HQY3MQ85AE5QH/dripping-fleshed-apple-jelly.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. jelly making and madrone berries for stringing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527634103-KZJIBR1H4I7W12AAOUAO/red-apple-jelly.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. Red fleshed apple jelly with saffron. I grow the saffron too. Why yes, that is bad ass of me :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527642412-C4TYA7JNUXKINZG7JF6D/leek-seed-heads1.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. Leek seed heads. These represent the third or fourth generation of seed selected from Bulgarian Giant for height, girth, uprightness, cold hardiness and long smooth stalks. The gene pool is somewhat limited as I usually only save 8 plants or so, but I’m hoping to trade for some seed from Bulgaria this year to freshen up the gene pool! Lot’s of seed to give away this year. You might be surprised how much seed is produced by 8 leek seed heads! If you have been thinking about saving seed, but haven’t done it yet, my advice is to just start. Tomatoes are easy and don’t inter-cross. Lettuce is easy and also doesn’t cross out, so you can just let your best one or two plants go to seed. It gets more complicated from there, but you can worry about that later! Find the easy stuff and just start. Our seed supply and genetic diversity are seriously threatened by current trends. This is a real problem that we can all solve by taking control of our own seed supplies. We don’t have to save everything either. We can divide always trade too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527633880-45MYN3HRV1YRVBHMZV7H/potato-onion-seedling-bulbs.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. A few potato onion seedlings showing some diversity of color and size. Maybe one of these will be the next best potato onion ever. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527635455-XXWH8X6E7FCLD2TXHNU4/red-fleshed-apple-seedlings-in-fall.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. Fall colors in red fleshed apple seedlings. Some clearly show much more red than others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527634515-4CU5G5JGFK6UQJ20KM9F/red-fleshed-apple-leaves-turning-red.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. Red fleshed apple seedling in fall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527638298-3B8BLG2X1CG1L54JAJM8/vin-de-st-maurice.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. This apple, labeled Vin de St Maurice, is huge. More huger than it actually looks in this picture. It wasn’t super exciting to eat, but maybe it will improve. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527642142-D22THIK00WCST67IT4LY/mutant-winterstein-apple.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. Winterstein. Allegedly the only apple bred by famous plant breeder Luther Burbank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527636245-5YCPDYEX80M6NSC9O616/saffron-bulbs.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. Saffron bulbs begining to sprout in fall. Each of those little shoots coming out the side will become a new bulb. I had them multiplied up to probably 800 to 1000 bulbs after starting with just 35 or so. Then a gopher discovered my nursery bed and kicked by butt. I lost about 2/3 of them, which at around 50 cents piece to replace them is a pretty big loss. The remaining were replanted in a new bed which was also discovered and the plants started disappearing underground one by one. I dug up all the plants, lined the bed with wire, and replanted. Take that suckas! I’m on a mission to grow saffron here. Obviously gophers and voles are going to be a major issue, but my gears have been spinning for several years to come up with possible solutions. Like so many things, there should be a local saffron industry in California, at least to cover local use. It is very easy to grow aside from the rodent issue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527636598-V1R6RRSIQHH3N318W9FP/saffron-rootlet-growing-through-piece-of-pet.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. Saffron root growing through a piece of “the pet”, a clay charcoal kiln that was pulverized and used to amend the saffron crocus bed. Burnt clay is supposed to be a good soil amendment. did this root find that hole in the fired clay and dive in? Or did it just bump into it and end up in there? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527627607-EGT5WBUDQ912ZB46H33P/dressing-bull-leather.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. Dressing a piece of lat year’s bull hide. This piece of leather went to shoe maker Holly Embree and was used to make a pair of shoes for the fiber shed fashion gala. She was able to work with the chicken tracks that I couldn’t manage to dress out :/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527629058-YQV9RECC05X7XXZ37HMC/genetically-diverse-bay-nuts.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. Bay nuts galore this year! This picture shows the genetic diversity of the bay nut. I suspect that indicates a high potential for breeding for improvements in size, form, oil content, etc… After all, it’s relative the avocado was bred from a small, barely edible fruit. Look for a book from paleotechnics on bay trees and bay nuts this fall (you might not find it, but look anyway:) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527628141-3TJZUPPO7284V99O11NN/drying-bay-nuts.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. The best drier. The car dashboards are in constant use every fall and much of the summer for drying stuff. There are more trays and boxes in the background. They haven’t all been weighed yet, but probably around 150 pounds total this year. I’ll be selling them on ebay and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527624059-MP8Y0KU90IUP6P24ACB2/bay-nuts-in-a-net-bag.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. Bay nuts in a mesh bag. Just a cool picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527635941-1XOEI4TSMUNJZVA3TMDD/roasting-bay-nuts-in-popcorn-popper.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. Roating bay nuts in a popcorn popper, my new preferred method until I invent and build a better roaster. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527626536-DJVQ6V754AWW03VYS9SE/cracking-roast-bay-nuts.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. Cracking bay nuts in the Davebilt nutcracker. This machine is manufactured and sold by a very nice old couple in Lake County. It can be set for any size of nut. It sure beats tapping each one with a rock! An investment, but a solid one if you crack nuts every year. It’s built like a tank. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527635852-XRJDBPZ46OTKY252LUQA/roasted-cracked-bay-nuts.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. Roasted bay nuts, mmmmm…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527635599-TQXQPFTBA0IZ0GWZT6JW/roasted-bay-nuts-bagged.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. bagged and ready for market https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527623755-HYKUETMYCBOL6THAV5YY/bay-nut-candy-ingredients.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. Bay nut candy ingredients- chili powders, hand gathered sea salt and maple sugar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527623793-EOZZN5PHBML8KZAACK3Z/bay-nut-paste.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. Bay nut paste ground find for making candy. Bay nuts contain 60% of almost entirely saturated oils, much like coconut and chocolate do. When ground, the oils melt and the paste can be shaped to cool into chocolate like confections. Isn’t that cool?! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527635925-0HYPMQ9NN9SOBCMBNAXF/rolling-out-bay-nut-candy.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. Paleotechnics cofounder and Turkeysong partner and veteran bay nut pusher Tamara Wilder rolling out bay nut paste. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527627283-83WYKXEST03V7MYRKXOA/cutting-bay-nut-candies.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. Cuttting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527641992-AEBK5PLIDALVLHI2EDZB/bay-nut-confections-cooling-on-tray.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. Cooling bay nut candies to harden. They are hard at room temperature and melt in your mouth or hand just like chocolate. You know you want one, but so far they are only for sale sporadically at random paleotechnics events. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527628574-QHUOCXNG02E0FFCK476R/fir-bark-for-lime-burning.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. Happiness is a full woodshed, but this shed is less than full. At least it’s half full and not half empty this year! It does have a nice stack of fat slabs of fir bark for lime burning projects! This bark is from 60 year old stumps, still solid and dense with a high fuel value. I like the florist sighn with half the F eaten off by a horse. That’s going to market this year. Very country chic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527633038-A92NZ1THCTZ1FG7452PS/persimmons-peeled.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. Persimmons peeled for drying. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527632940-WPAGVXA3TNAO1Y0LC3XX/persimmons-drying-under-eaves.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. Drying persimmons hung from the building eaves. This is how they do it in Japan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527628333-GRXJ6C1QBP8WVH40K720/drying-hachiya-persimmons.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. Drying hachiya persimmons. These are so good! Persimmons are dried and eaten all over temperate asia, but are just being discovered by other-than-Asian Americans. I’m planning to plant more, but still deciding what varieties. The plants are productive, disease resistant, almost pest free and require little pruning. My neighbors let me pick about 150 fruits off of their 30 year old tree after they had already picked 550 large fruits! I never knew what to do with that many persimmons until I found out about drying them whole a few years ago. Early experiments went okay, but when tonia brought some back from chinatown, I realized the true potential and I’m all over it now. They’re like a giant natural gummy bear that’s been deboned, had it’s limbs and head removed and was given a hat and squished flat.. sort of. Persimmons are a great example of the latent resource potential concept I’m so into since moving here. After establishment, the long lived trees will produce persimmons whether they get used or not. They could be eaten, sold fresh, dried and sold, traded, gifted (part of any truly stable economy), fed to animals or just left to look pretty on the tree. Awesome. I’ll be learning more about persimmons and figuring out how to graft them. There is a great persimmon collection at Winters here in California with varieties from all over the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527639417-W8C8SXZZ8QZQFOHMQ0QI/young-love-daffodil-seedlings.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. Happy birthday to you! The daughters of young love on their second birthday. Yay! Coming out party in a few years! And many mooore… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527637226-KLMO60XE167OZG37Y0LA/smokey-lime-burn.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. Hopefully the last smokey lime burn ever here at turkeysong. I only did it for pictures to finish off the lime burning in drums era with a blog post. All kinda plans for lime burning experimentation rattling around in here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527624584-G86E8NMNEQSLYE21N7R7/boiling-lime-slake.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. Slaking shell lime boiling like crazy. Still exciting every time! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527641494-XC420MUW29VSG01SDCJU/pit-charcoal-fire.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. Lots of charcoal making experiments brewing in my head. The cone kiln concept using a pit is especially exciting. This guy is doing something similar in hawaii, though his burn strategy is a little different. I think there is huge potential here and will be experimenting if it ever rains around here. Thanks to reader Lars for pointing me in this direction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527633823-CXM7WWQMYQAVTLKN377F/pitch-chunk.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. A 60 year old lump of ossified douglas fir pitch. What could that possibly be used for? All kinds of stuff! In this case, making soot for use in manufacturing ink. I hope to illustrate all publications from here out with home made artist materials, the mainstay of which will be Asian style lampblack ink and turkey quill pens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527633342-YQYYAV14CZ79R4KSSUMO/pine-soot-collection.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. Collecting fir pitch soot (aka lampblack) off of a flat rock for use in ink making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527623224-GJQG9VB38ZYGGSMUV3DB/amaryliss-under-interstem-apple-trees.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. Hybrid amaryllis coming up under the interstem trees. I’ve got quite a few trees planted to these bulb as an understory, now and will start seeing some results (or lack of) soon. Unfortunately, these ones go beat pretty hard in an extended freeze just after this was taken. Most of them seem like they’re recovering. I’m probably right about at the limit of what they’ll tolerate weather wise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527624283-ZXLRLLE2AAKV3T9SPL50/black-sage-bundles.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. Black Sage bundles tied with agave fiber. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527633482-F8RLDBSCENOMAJLU5UNH/pink-apple.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013, Summer, Fall and Early Winter. This is the apple that Greenmantle nursery trademarked under the name Pink Parfait™. My apple guru says it’s the best of the Etter blood apples, and I’m becoming inclined to agree. It is not as red or as intensely flavored, but it does have some of the same fruit punch/berry aromatics and it is a very pleasant eating experience with an outstanding juicy open texture. The flesh seems to disappear as you chew it. It also ripened very late for me (later than anything but lady williams!), hung very tight to the tree and survived an extended hard freeze in stellar condition. But wait, there’s more! It’s quite beautiful and sweeter than many of them as well. All in all an excellent apple (at least this year here in California. Our mileage will probably vary). Now if we can only get this kind of quality with more pigmentation and more red flavor. Thanks Albert! I wish you could have lived long enough to see your work really appreciated. https://skillcult.com/blog/2014/01/08/turkeysong-the-year-in-pictures-2013-late-winter-and-spring monthly 0.5 2015-08-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527640562-YCIBW3O2IK0UU75191UC/collecting-red-fleshed-apple-pollen-header.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013 Late Winter and Spring collecting red fleshed apple pollen header https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527640707-OVR3W8HCALT4V7OAJPK6/matt-stone-author-pic.png Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013 Late Winter and Spring Matt-Stone-author-pic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527625177-C1CYMCQAIGRLRVWPAKVA/bunny-smelling-erlicheer-narcissus.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013 Late Winter and Spring Erlicheer at the Ukiah Farmer's Market. This smelly small double narcissus, was a big hit. It looks like little roses. It doesn't seem like a good candidate for my tree understory system, but it's very popular as a cut flower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527629343-5F8G0HZW7R49JD06KJ48/girl-smelling-narcissus.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013 Late Winter and Spring girl smelling narcissus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527632033-3ZUH1DFLCPT9V70OUL41/mowglis-favorite-daffodil.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013 Late Winter and Spring Mowgli's Favorite, one of Bill Welch's creations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527626349-6EYHX1Z80M36JWQGSEX6/collet-vert.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013 Late Winter and Spring A Collet Vert rutabagas. This is the best rutabaga I've grown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527629598-MZETDK0DJNWX0ZASK5DZ/goat-blood.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013 Late Winter and Spring coagulated goat's blood being wrapped for freezing. Incredibly nutritious and surprisingly tasty fried. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527631276-XUBASUMUVORJH6CFIF6A/interstems-frameworked.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013 Late Winter and Spring Many of the inter-stem apples that I planted a couple of years ago were re-grafted to new varieties. Most are dessert or dual purpose dessert/cider apples. All the grafts took and they grew very nicely, aside from a couple of grafts breaking in the wind when I unwrapped them too early. One broke at about 12 inches long. It still looked plump and healthy, so I trimmed off the leaves and re-grafted a section of it back into a fresh split immediately. It took. That supports the idea that you can get away with grafting at many different times of the year. In a low risk situation like that one, why not try? Note also crops being grown under the trees. It benefits the trees with extra water and nutrients they otherwise probably would not get, and the roots help condition the soil and inject organic matter. I’m hoping this whole strip will eventually have an understory of winter growing flowers ala my winter bulbs under fruit trees project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527635097-1MOE784XOXAS86G7AJN6/red-fleshed-apple-seedling-scions.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013 Late Winter and Spring The cuttings from my first batch of red fleshed apple seedlings pollinated in spring 2011, ready for grafting. Each has a tag with a unique code, so I can keep track and take notes from here out. The roots were planted in a block somewhere as a sort of backup. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527634858-JHZ0SJV2ZSGB8YPYGBOP/red-fleshed-apple-seedling-grafted-in-nursery.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013 Late Winter and Spring Red fleshed apple seedling nursery. They are grafted onto dwarfing rootstocks. In a somewhat bold move, I grafted the entire length of most of the scions instead of the usual 2 or 3 buds on a short stick. Some of them were a couple feet long. I had 100% take on these grafts. Apparently, the more buds they have, the sooner they’ll fruit, so I’ll do virtually no pruning from here out. All are staked, and completely painted with grafting wax to prevent drying until the graft can heal. Note also the shade cloth. Overall, it was a good year for grafting. Various experiments I’ve done indicate that the conservative way most of us usually approach grafting is not always necessary, and probably very limiting. I’ll be experimenting more, so hold your breath for EXTREME GRAFTING!!! (THE MOVIE!?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527632332-4H2Y2YDU6KS1K1T8Q68U/notching-apple-bud.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013 Late Winter and Spring I’m increasingly impressed by notching. Notching above a bud encourages it to grow out, or to grow longer and stronger. This tree was trained by a combination of dis-budding and notching. By so doing, I got scaffold branches exactly where I wanted them and therefore the basic shape of the tree in one year from a single stem! I’m sure you’ll be hearing more about this cool technique I picked up from a very old tree training study, but for now, it’s really this simple- leave 3 buds grouped together along the whip wherever you want a scaffold, removing all other buds except a couple at the top, notch one bud in each group to grow out the direction you want that scaffold to point in (one in each direction for open center or delayed open center). Let all growth except basal suckers grow through the season. Trim off anything you don’t want next winter. Why doesn’t everyone do this instead of the usual slower training methods? That’s a good question and I think the answer is key to making progress in gardening and farming. The approach to gardening and farming seems to be conservative by our nature, but it is often based on baseless common knowledge that is not infrequently short sighted, overly conservative, or just plain wrong. This method of notching combined with disbudding was proven out starting in 1926, but seems to have had little influence as far as I’ve encountered. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527624244-BJS4KK2CIHPOAYU8KYD9/bee-pollinating-red-fleshed-apple-blossom.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013 Late Winter and Spring bee on red fleshed apple flower. The red pigment can infuse the flowers, leaves, bark and wood as well as the fruit. It was an excellent spring for setting fruit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527626165-QG1YP3JWS93VAPDV7SIA/collecting-red-fleshed-apple-pollen.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013 Late Winter and Spring Collecting pollen of Red Fleshed apple for breeding effort https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527632094-BVCBPHKNC29M0WQ6FSW3/mr-beethead.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013 Late Winter and Spring Mr. Beethead. Just a surplus beet from the garden that ended up amusing a lot of people at the local hot springs where it resided in a bowl of water for a few weeks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527627114-725FCQ4C2MPS56PODVTT/cute-chick.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013 Late Winter and Spring Gratuitous cute chick pic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527625807-W3BWMGT32TESP07GGP41/chicks-eating-turnip.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013 Late Winter and Spring Chicks eating an unwanted turnip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527625604-I0K6PKP5OQ19H02ISYU2/chicken-poo.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013 Late Winter and Spring chicken poo. A common sight at turkeysong. Good stuff when it's not on your shoe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527640979-5BD5PXNIR3SO0X2M5DBP/coop-poop-floor.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013 Late Winter and Spring The new chicken coop. The floor is 1"x2" screen allowing most of the poop to fall through and dry on the floor below for easy collection. Very convenient and more pleasant for the chickens than most designs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527627683-4AT3WHFP4XP7091E972B/drinking-chicks.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013 Late Winter and Spring Chicks and mom drinking at the watering hole. With mom at the watering hole. It was an epic chick year with probably over 11 hens going broody. Finding the balance between being over the carrying capacity of the land, and maintaining a surplus large enough to offset depredation is proving to be tricky. Over 20 is too many. They're tearing the place up pretty good. I'm working my way through them one Tom Kha Gai and Yakitori skewer at a time. The meat quality is really outstanding. So are the eggs. These chicks are laying now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527624670-1KAWSKMTN43XGZUI0CGD/buckeye-chicken-legs-and-thighs.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013 Late Winter and Spring What happens when you don't perform here at turkeysong. The batch of Buckeye chickens didn't work out for eggs and in general. Buckeye fail. however, they are really excellent meat birds I have to say. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527625060-ML5BCH85QF3DT9LZTUL9/bull-hide-on-beam.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013 Late Winter and Spring Bull hide on tanning beam. This bull hide from the neighbors turned out to be cut up pretty bad which is typical when anyone but a tanner skins an animal. I made a little leather and some glue and some compost. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527623378-ZY7BOKIZCOF8ZE3D51H0/bated-hide-fingerprint.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013 Late Winter and Spring an experimental piece of skin from the bull hide above that was soaked in hen dung tea. The enzymes from bacteria and the poop itself probably, condition the skin, relax it and take out the remaining lime. This test shows that the "bate" as it's called, has acted on the skin enough to be very pliable and impressionable. Now it's ready for the bark liquor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527636900-SDEVIN6O162AT36GIGMN/scraps-for-hide-glue-boiling.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013 Late Winter and Spring Bull hide scraps cleaned and dried for making hide glue. These were limed, and then rinsed and scraped like crazy to remove unwanted impurities and leave (as much as possible) just collagen, the stuff that glue is made of. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527630395-BP83DN31U1DT0GKKZCV8/hide-glue-jelly-slab.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013 Late Winter and Spring Cooled hide glue gelatin slab made by boiling skin scraps, ready to be cut into cubes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527630700-OAD08O2TLRDJ813PQMWE/hide-glue-squares.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013 Late Winter and Spring Dried hide glue squares ready for storage and glue making. Glue is made up by soaking in water till swelled and then heating to dissolve. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527630262-WJUQIRIZX7XMEUA16ZXR/hide-glue-cube.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013 Late Winter and Spring Just because it's a cool picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527639974-9L2SORZGTCEN0FDU22M3/goat-rawhide.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013 Late Winter and Spring goat hide stretched in frame to dry. This is mostly for making miniature drums, but also any other crafty things that come up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527631806-HEIQ9HO223Z47W0V4MSY/mouse-drums.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013 Late Winter and Spring wittle wawhide drums. Popular at farmers market and paleotechnics events. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527629747-FWUOP89INIYMHGJIKK6M/goat-leather-bracelets.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013 Late Winter and Spring Bracelets of bark tanned goat skin. I made a big 'ol pile of them in the spring. I think my design is pretty cool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527637833-NGKTV0XLFK2ZSTI7DOJ8/tanoak-down.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013 Late Winter and Spring Fallen giant. This spring marked the sad beginning of felling trees infected with Phytopthera ramorum, the organism that causes sudden oak death syndrome. :( If I get them early enough, before they go into the sudden death phase, I can still peel the bark and use it for bark tanning skins. Sadly tanoak is sort of a hinge pin species in this environment. It is the most reliable mast producer for squirrels, deer, birds and more, and of course ultimately for the things that eat them. It is also a symbiotic partner to most of the edible mushrooms that grow here. It’s loss will be devastating to the ecology and me, since I interact with the land I live on here. I may do some experiments planting chestnuts as a potentiall replacement, but they’ll be a long time in growing to fruiting size. I expect to lose 90% of our tanoaks in the next 5 to 6 years, which is a lot since it’s a major species here. I totally just pulled those numbers out of my butt, I have no idea what it will really be like except for seeing other areas that have been hit. Fortunately other oaks and tree species are not nearly as susceptible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527641034-I0Y63P8S602DC0FVTZBR/peeling-bark.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013 Late Winter and Spring tonia peeling tan bark with a spud. In this case the spud is just a wooden pole sharpened to a wedge shape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527637388-O0EX7NSSXRLKWQ0UA41H/tanbark-pile.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013 Late Winter and Spring The bark from the tanoak tree above peeled and drying. Some has already been used, but this is most of it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527625979-HDWHEWVZJ5B2H0DKP615/chopping-bark.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013 Late Winter and Spring Chopping bark for boiling. After drying in the sun, the bark was further crushed and boiled to extract the tannic acid. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527633788-1J5LYV8LQPDT8W205A9R/planting-potato-onion-seedlings.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013 Late Winter and Spring Planting out a batch of potato onion seedlings. These were allowed to cross with other onions in the garden to introduce potentially useful, and refreshing, genes. Or maybe that will just screw them up. Stay tuned for a few years for the results of that project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527622840-TMLZYGS33KEL1O671VLO/a-spring-harvest.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013 Late Winter and Spring A spring harvest. fortunately, the garden was largely put in and running before I declined too far to deal with it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527632517-RHWMUUR34T572Y1YTHC2/paring-artichoke-hearts.jpg Blog - Turkeysong, the Year in Pictures 2013 Late Winter and Spring prepping artichokes for canned artichoke hearts. It was a big artichoke year, mostly because I was on top of controlling the voles who like to munch on the plant bases. They aren’t hard to control with apple slices in mouse traps, it just has to get done. https://skillcult.com/blog/2013/12/22/a-japanese-california-cone-pit-charcoal-kiln-agave-roast-experiment monthly 0.5 2013-12-22 https://skillcult.com/blog/2013/12/21/how-long-does-it-take monthly 0.5 2013-12-21 https://skillcult.com/blog/2013/12/08/dissolving-myths-and-fears-about-using-urine-fertilizer monthly 0.5 2015-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527618607-H3YXJSAFG0VM99IX74WA/peeing-on-poppy.jpg Blog - 10 Yellow Terrors!: dissolving myths and fears about using urine as a fertilizer: Yep, that's some live action there. This Oriental Poppy gets a golden shower, a whole bladder full even! some time later, I'm sure at least a month, not only is it not dead, but it appears to be doing relatively better than the rest. What about diluting it 10 times? What about the salts? What about the ammonia? What about it? In my general experience, breaking gardening dogmas developed by the dissemination of common knowledge goes pretty well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527650147-XFGOVH652AW1RT7YONX5/pee-comparison-on-grass-and-weeds.jpg Blog - 10 Yellow Terrors!: dissolving myths and fears about using urine as a fertilizer: g https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527619107-ELHL9X6JE5C69HQ9X7IR/urine-sample.jpg Blog - 10 Yellow Terrors!: dissolving myths and fears about using urine as a fertilizer: urine sample https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527619536-ZE9ITTTQEGO5WV5POT7F/urinals-yeaukk.jpg Blog - 10 Yellow Terrors!: dissolving myths and fears about using urine as a fertilizer: Sterile human environments become quickly unsterile because there is no web of life consisting of trillions of organisms to make use of the resources that we generally consider to be waste. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527619886-O03KO41I6LXM6PTNPH6B/screen-shot-2013-12-07-at-7-40-58-am.png Blog - 10 Yellow Terrors!: dissolving myths and fears about using urine as a fertilizer: Steiner. 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And the leeks were planted unusually late that season. Tonia, grower of corn, burner of lime and instigator of chickens, has left Turkeysong to pursue her passion for the sensible union of architecture, communities and building. She will be sorely missed. Wish her luck! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527608019-PASNVXDPYMX77ING9LII/190-4.jpg Blog - Leak on Leek: Pee is the key to massive alliums I own three quality galvanized watering cans and this one is overall the best hands down. One of the best investments I ever made. The water flow (high!) to fineness of drops/stream is amazing and it probably won't rust out in my lifetime. This is the largest one and I wouldn't want it any smaller. I use it more than anything for applying liquid manure, compost tea and urine to plants and beds, but they are also great for watering seedlings because the spray is so gentle. Sometime I'll review all of my cans and explain why this one rocks so hard. Expensive, but this is a serious quality gardening tool. Buy here and I'll get a small commission. https://skillcult.com/blog/2013/06/28/marinated-artichoke-hearts monthly 0.5 2016-06-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527607239-W6VEZ3MV227HIJ9NEJBP/artichoke-header.jpg Blog - Marinated Artichoke Hearts From Scratch artichoke header https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527606216-WERZ8A62710H9SDTNCYS/artichoke-age-comparison.jpg Blog - Marinated Artichoke Hearts From Scratch this photo shows three artichokes at different stages of maturity. The on the left is suitable for canning. Note the level of development of the hairs, or choke, in all three. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527606643-5PCHEAKDKVW1G1E0SNG2/artichoke-base-cutting.jpg Blog - Marinated Artichoke Hearts From Scratch Slip the knife under one of the lowest bud scales so that you are cutting through a few of the lowest scales when you cut the base off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527605522-BAPLC10IDULJGT1OKVDW/artichoke-11.jpg Blog - Marinated Artichoke Hearts From Scratch artichoke 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527605774-APMEGKVZXGI4V3X106TN/artichoke-2.jpg Blog - Marinated Artichoke Hearts From Scratch Peel off most of the scales. There is a knack to snapping them cleanly off downward with a pushing motion. I can’t describe it well, but ideally you would like to snap the bud scales off without leaving any part of them behind. The first couple of rows will not usually snap off so clean, but you can trim off any bits of the scale bases that are left behind. Snap off scales until there is very little if any green color showing on the remaining scales. You can pull off a scale and bite it to get an idea of whether you are down to the tender scales. You should be able to bite the scales off easily at least half way up the scale, if not a little more. it may not be super tender, but still easily bitten through with the teeth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527605949-WX929EIUV1LWV0E5XGNF/artichoke-3.jpg Blog - Marinated Artichoke Hearts From Scratch Pare out the tip of the bud with a sharp knife tip. this step may not be absolutely necessary, but it just takes a few seconds and insure that there will be no spines or fibrous parts left and it wastes hardly anything. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527606125-SZ7M5ZNL63S1DH7T05UQ/artichoke-4.jpg Blog - Marinated Artichoke Hearts From Scratch I like to cut the hearts into sixths or eighths so that they are already in good bite sized pieces straight out of the jar. Don’t cut them until you are ready to proceed with adding the vinegar and stuff to the jar, and work quickly to minimize oxidation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1439527607596-06VJGI6RWEOXOZ4URI71/artichoke-hearts-in-jar.jpg Blog - Marinated Artichoke Hearts From Scratch Pack the hearts into jars about 1/2 inch from the tops. I like to use 1/2 pint jars. Anything larger is likely to not be used up in one or two meal. Add white wine or rice vinegar to fill about half of the jar. Fill the rest of the jar with water to about 1/2 inch from the top. sprinkle in some Oregano and add a small piece of bay leaf to each. 1/4 teaspoon of salt, some fresh ground black pepper and a teaspoon or two of olive oil floated on top complete the marinade. 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I recommend searching around for the best prices. The size I use most is 12x16. The largest size I use is 16 x 24 but those are pretty big and not necessary for your average home breeder. 8 x 12 is also a very useful size. 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They bear no malice. That is good because it makes for a predictable universe. An attitude of personal responsibility is a good place to start when it comes to safety. Fortunately no tendons cut and no permanent damage here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1500675455564-ZG9WYA05HH19G79ZWK8J/image-asset.jpeg Axe Cordwood Challenge 2017 The shoe. 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Make it stand out Tomboy Crab https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/251b527b-803b-4729-a7b0-f5f2916e2611/trailman+pic.jpg Apple Variety Descriptions - Make it stand out Trailman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/85d355d6-c4f1-4453-b975-54c16f1047bc/vanilla+pink.jpg Apple Variety Descriptions - Make it stand out Vanilla Pink https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/00ddd006-efca-448f-b881-7e9dbd3e5243/P1160159.JPG Apple Variety Descriptions - Make it stand out Wickson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/182acf0b-d33f-41fc-b201-9ee996f8edb4/DSC_0011.JPG Apple Variety Descriptions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://skillcult.com/projects daily 0.75 2025-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/e38bdf0e-b6d4-4ec3-9db8-cd4f0725c90a/pink+elephant.jpg PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/7846ac7d-a34e-4775-ab19-f4422110502c/P1320901.JPG PROJECTS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/3261e6bb-c8fd-43f5-8706-a0dc90d56577/bride+of+frankentree6.JPG PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/858c3f81-8f84-4b37-8366-7a9609ff8d14/tree+training.jpg PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/fcc40db3-c7c6-4bcc-bc0d-19dc1d047329/understory+green.jpg PROJECTS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/adb60269-b5ac-4d24-9f67-347a694a0847/P1350631.jpeg PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/dc509a93-221a-4d04-9aa4-4e6153be750e/DSC_0280.JPG PROJECTS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://skillcult.com/applebreeding daily 0.75 2025-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/b9757afb-a818-4935-b979-e86c051943d8/P1250073.JPG APPLE BREEDING - Make it stand out Some Seedling Apples from 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1705425325682-LNGDA21MF9KY06JMI2XE/CHERRY+CRUSH+GALLERY.jpg APPLE BREEDING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1705419653271-YB3O8W650BAGM5WRZEZK/black+and+red+GALLERY.jpg APPLE BREEDING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1705426754279-A3DIIY2VL8BGZR268GUV/CHERUB%2BGALLERY.jpg APPLE BREEDING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1705419155025-ZWA2U8XR0KZ5E2OF3ZNI/PINK+LEMONADE+GALLERY.jpg APPLE BREEDING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1705420062798-Y3OVNE3Q48M4IR3X55AH/vanilla+pink+gallery.jpg APPLE BREEDING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1705419698100-U3OJD9RJN1SK2Q1DGIBG/Black+Strawberry+2.jpg APPLE BREEDING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1705420329046-4PRCSC0YTU7A9XD59G5L/HELLA+KITTY+GALLERY.jpg APPLE BREEDING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1705422020119-PMTMD8KPL959S8PW6VEP/CLARION+GALLERY.jpg APPLE BREEDING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1705422215561-FI3AD6OZD7A18S8HZ358/TOMBOY+CRAB+PROMO.jpg APPLE BREEDING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1705420896352-S98RSQ7F4S6Q1C228ME3/amberwine+GALLERY.jpg APPLE BREEDING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1705421574269-N36KRF856AHVNHTGEEDI/JELLYBEAN+CIDER+GALLERY.jpg APPLE BREEDING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1705424052190-QLAJWVA90W78G08WU2BO/DUTCH+MASTER+GALLERY.jpg APPLE BREEDING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1705424119471-NOV4OJGVNI9TDUWJ18FE/RED+WINTER+PIE+gallery.jpg APPLE BREEDING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1705420579929-GPRBFRWHMWL7G9AP16D4/appleoosa+gallery.jpg APPLE BREEDING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1705424741524-LKVYKOX76KU0QC3DNIYH/INTEGRITY+GALLERY.jpg APPLE BREEDING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1705424874820-0PGCEEOU1BR9IKFFDKD6/HARD+CANDY+CIDER+GALLERY+BAD.jpg APPLE BREEDING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1705425621449-250TVXOC7G4QEIZFXQNO/TWANG.jpg APPLE BREEDING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1705424409051-Z0BTIDPZ4ZXZRXBVX0Y0/SUGARWOOD+GALLERY.jpg APPLE BREEDING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1705426043783-078TPHODD2E64D36VAT1/JANUARY+RUSSET+GALLERY.jpg APPLE BREEDING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1705426604002-USXCE96F289XYQW7QQY4/MUSKETEER+GALLERY.jpg APPLE BREEDING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1738894265329-ZYJXC2WFZ577VF1U50C6/POMEGRANATE+CRAB.jpg APPLE BREEDING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1738938573397-FV4Z7FSUMKOD1K8W3GSR/PINKER%2BLADY%2BTHUMB.jpg APPLE BREEDING - Pinker Lady Thumb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/4a947433-4910-4984-8e36-6450f3642fe6/BITE+ME%21.JPG APPLE BREEDING - Make it stand out When well ripened, BITE ME! has a very intriguing and delicious savory flavor. Without it, this apple would be rather boring, with it, it’s one of my favorites here on the homestead. BITE ME! is my poster child for growing apples from seed. It was not only my first seedling to fruit, but it is open pollinated, meaning the other parent is unknown. The Seed parent is Wickson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/d076ed8d-3bc0-48e9-9d8e-509f09b6c344/2A2BB99E-C308-403A-9626-B4ACDBC2CE71_1_201_a.jpeg APPLE BREEDING - Make it stand out Small, hard and impolite, this sugary seedling, dubbed January Russet, is very welcome fresh off the tree in the middle of winter. It’s parent Lady Williams, which ripens around the first of February, has yielded several winter hanging apples already. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/b8f19907-d489-48ee-a4a6-0c5fc7b09710/6AAB26F9-3470-4B08-B61E-165C241A4A84_1_105_c.jpeg APPLE BREEDING - Make it stand out My own pink fleshed crab, Cherub. It may not outdo them, but Cherub can swim in the deep end of the pool with top quality crabs like Wickson, Chestnut and Centennial. Just from the seeds I’ve sent out alone, new improved crabs are forthcoming, and this is just the beginning! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/f7f44d09-5d59-40fc-9c9d-57cb67161950/34D535BC-8FA8-4D32-9B37-66298AD5E016_1_105_c.jpeg APPLE BREEDING - Make it stand out Appleoosa, Grenadine x Lady Williams, has the strong berry flavors of our frienenmy Grenadine. I hope it will be an improvement on that apple, but the superlative red fleshed dessert apples everyone wants may be some generations away yet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/9bdf7ea5-be95-4cd6-b0e6-bb77d950d315/8FC85951-73DF-4C1A-8D65-F2885B6B6C29_1_105_c.jpeg APPLE BREEDING - Make it stand out Cherry Cox, a parent I’ve used to pursue cherry flavor in apples. I have seedling already that inherited some of it’s fun flavor and many crosses have been made in pursuit of more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/3524b8d2-c6fe-481e-a703-e8d9effb8b12/3DBE5072-6817-49F3-81DA-A20A9AFED4F7_1_105_c.jpeg APPLE BREEDING - Make it stand out SAVE THE RUSSETS! (and improve them!) https://skillcult.com/savory-apple-project daily 0.75 2022-05-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/ce43f11b-5b7e-4c97-944d-2ec6f50384a9/82893238-F68F-470A-90F5-F21598C59EFD_1_105_c.jpeg Savory Apple Breeding Project - Make it stand out The few Wickson seeds I planted in 2010 that started it all. One of those might very well be BITE ME! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/cb86eb05-5328-485e-a919-f8d1f046c661/Wickson.JPG Savory Apple Breeding Project - Make it stand out The small but mighty Wickson. High in sugar and full of umami goodness when ripe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/e215eb9f-eb2a-4625-b93a-8e7bddbb8ca9/BITE+ME%21.JPG Savory Apple Breeding Project - Make it stand out BITE ME! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/a752c460-07b0-4816-b33c-fa39b31917e1/E19D26F6-0F46-4F00-BBFA-BC47EA142AFC_1_201_a.jpeg Savory Apple Breeding Project - Make it stand out Amberwine’s pretty ambercolor and distinctly large calyx https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/2a0223d5-300f-4604-bc0e-88120c2af299/FEBC782E-3B1B-4A3B-8A1D-20853985E11B_1_105_c.jpeg Savory Apple Breeding Project - Make it stand out Well ripened Amberwine apples with it’s rich amber background color and yellowish flesh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/23af4a1a-2349-4d3c-92d0-9e719734a5d0/63FE2DE0-C896-4EBB-AACE-B1E178185174_1_105_c.jpeg Savory Apple Breeding Project - Make it stand out The distinctly conical WP x Vixen 15/5, prelude to the BITE ME! season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/e5564aa5-e879-4fb2-9e39-6565cef45d94/cherub+on+maple+leaves.jpg Savory Apple Breeding Project - Make it stand out CHERUB https://skillcult.com/winter-hanging-apples daily 0.75 2022-05-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/97f23ff0-2a0e-470c-98bc-d63f80d8cf92/Pink+Parfait.JPG Winter Hanging Apple Breeding Project - Make it stand out Pink Parfait in December. I definitely ate this apple and it was top quality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/9d1e5514-cbe6-4789-acfd-3f9cf25b20a7/pink+parfait+bite.JPG Winter Hanging Apple Breeding Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/3e3d2171-daa6-4f91-a403-a68d221c1e49/DSC09985.jpeg Winter Hanging Apple Breeding Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/530da3cd-25d4-4929-8627-61c05e9429a8/pomo+sanel.JPG Winter Hanging Apple Breeding Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/d1f7eb86-f3ea-4b93-86f7-e2750e8331f2/DSC_0290.JPG Winter Hanging Apple Breeding Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/2d912f42-8e3f-462f-ab7d-f3d4d6f040ad/P1370046.JPG Winter Hanging Apple Breeding Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/9b461ea0-1d7f-486d-92dc-6f6548df5ab2/DSC04440.JPG Winter Hanging Apple Breeding Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://skillcult.com/red-fleshed-apple-breeding-project daily 0.75 2022-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/ed200b50-a094-47a3-85f4-5a559e1cb038/grenadine.JPG Red Fleshed Apple Breeding Project - Make it stand out Albert Etter’s Grenadine, the first red fleshed apple I used as a parent in breeding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/c1beacab-8ace-4ab0-8dd0-1c5a6ebc5360/William%27s+Pride.JPG Red Fleshed Apple Breeding Project - Make it stand out The all around excellent Williams’ Pride, showing some tendency toward pink flesh. Given all of it’s other good qualities, it seems an obvious choice for breeding. It has also thrown some very promising apples in non-RF crosses which also tend to bear from seed earlier than average. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/b209844d-cdd2-498e-9131-032dd3b893c5/Appleoosa.JPG Red Fleshed Apple Breeding Project - Make it stand out Appleoosa, Grenadine x Lady Williams https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/d5843cb8-ce30-4f4a-8134-ee38abf73999/cherub+on+maple+leaves.jpg Red Fleshed Apple Breeding Project - Make it stand out Cherub, Wickson x Rubaiyat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/42f6726b-b14a-49ee-8126-66fc5390f08f/Black+Strawberrry.jpg Red Fleshed Apple Breeding Project - Make it stand out I know it looks amazing right!? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/e7431998-2de4-47b9-b9f4-0f89163e0cf0/cherry+crush+1.JPG Red Fleshed Apple Breeding Project - Make it stand out Cherry Crush. I will probably end up prefering to eat these to it’s parent Cherry Cox or Cox’s Orange Pippin. That is saying something. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1aabee3c-6a6c-43ec-a2cb-a3f77ccff55e/cherry+crush+2.JPG Red Fleshed Apple Breeding Project - Make it stand out Cherry Crush shows that the cherry flavor trait of Cherry Cox can be passed on. It is low in berry flavors, but still seems promising for breeding in that direction. I want a tree full of these so I can stuff my face with them every day in season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/5fe5cc1d-8075-4d21-b22f-8b0fb5592f0c/Pinker+Lady.jpg Red Fleshed Apple Breeding Project - Make it stand out RUBAIYAT X PINK LADY 2013 #3 It’s huge! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/c9febdfd-a7fd-4867-b0d6-6a095064a10a/pinker+lady+2.JPG Red Fleshed Apple Breeding Project - Make it stand out RUBAIYAT X PINK LADY 2013 #3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/8152d534-ea71-4195-97ae-06b65d7b54b6/IMG_2224.JPG Red Fleshed Apple Breeding Project - Make it stand out Flaxen, showing almost no pink flesh, in 2021 it was quite different https://skillcult.com/grafting-projects daily 0.75 2022-03-09 https://skillcult.com/tree-understories-for-mediterranean-climates daily 0.75 2022-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/d4d0c818-0a19-4193-961e-350c7c5cc090/P1320366.JPG Tree Understories for Mediterranean Climates - Make it stand out The Chinese Sacred Lily https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/cf6e714d-8641-467d-9646-0acdaadbf365/understory+green.jpg Tree Understories for Mediterranean Climates - Make it stand out This is what a well established understory of Amaryllis looks like in the winter. Having the advantage of large bulbs to store resources, allows them to outgrow plants that have to start from seed. Grasses and forbs will keep growing as long as they can scrounge any water, while these are on a self timer and will wilt back even when there is still moisture in the soil. This tree has never grown well. In other spots, trees have grown better than the bulbs. So more plantings and experiments in management and observation of trees with and without understories are needed for long term observation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/a43f9a1c-8bda-4d3f-b3de-e1a41780ff40/DSC02019.jpg Tree Understories for Mediterranean Climates - Make it stand out Amaryllis understory in the summer. This is an old picture, it makes an even denser mat of dead leaves now. Early fall flowers have potential as a market crop. I’ve sold them at the farmer’s market, but I’m sure some florists would be interested. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/dbf95ef3-00ba-43cf-b472-77b7e60c8733/DSC01814.JPG Tree Understories for Mediterranean Climates - Make it stand out Amaryllis hybrid. Flowers in hybrids can range from white through pink and salmon to red. I have found hybrids to be a little more cold sensitive. I’ve seen damage in low cold spots, with temps probably in the low 20’s, though they usually survive. Even the common pale pink Amaryllis belladonna aka Naked Ladies are not very hardy, so this plant will only work in mild winter areas. the hybrids probably have more potential as market flowers. https://skillcult.com/biochar-projects daily 0.75 2022-02-14 https://skillcult.com/community-seedbank-trees-project daily 0.75 2025-02-24 https://skillcult.com/breeders-eaters-and-growers-community daily 0.75 2022-02-18 https://skillcult.com/smart-fruit-tree-training daily 0.75 2025-02-24 https://skillcult.com/amberwine daily 0.75 2025-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/342988a4-29f8-40ce-ab53-7d385619ef3c/amberwine+1.JPG AMBERWINE - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/5bfcb7c4-b234-47c6-a74c-882cdec11d11/amberwine+2.JPG AMBERWINE - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://skillcult.com/black-strawberry daily 0.75 2024-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/5867b38e-7b86-4a5c-a547-0d0645cef694/Black+Strawberry.jpg BLACK STRAWBERRY - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/73ceced0-a457-482c-a489-9c835fda6895/Black+Strawberry+Freeze+frame.jpeg BLACK STRAWBERRY - Make it stand out The flesh color of Black Strawberry tends to be on the light side, often more mottled than solid pink. While flesh color often correlates to flavor intensity in red fleshed apples, I have much redder fleshed apples with less flavor than this one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/f02c8987-c175-404d-ae8a-0ee3d2bccab9/black+strawberry.jpg BLACK STRAWBERRY - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://skillcult.com/cherry-crush daily 0.75 2025-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/f49ef477-6c21-4dea-aa62-d5b74b6e7b35/P1330471.JPG CHERRY CRUSH - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/4369e4d8-6b63-41f5-92c1-cd30c1443c20/P1330457.JPG CHERRY CRUSH - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/0801c877-e158-4409-8f15-50d5c42dde52/P1330368.JPG CHERRY CRUSH - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/cc9d8b4c-9fc0-4daf-ae63-a1674369af0d/P1330385.JPG CHERRY CRUSH - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://skillcult.com/cherub daily 0.75 2024-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/083f6f02-647f-4bda-8309-3ffc6b1ecbfb/cherub+on+maple+leaves.jpg CHERUB - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/f137d54a-5835-489c-b764-f2df5d1409c9/07D3BBC5-4964-4F86-9F8D-3C5FC0326E9A_1_105_c.jpeg CHERUB - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://skillcult.com/appleoosa daily 0.75 2024-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/861826c3-4c71-42e9-9aeb-33304c1cef0a/IMG_0205.JPG APPLEOOSA - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/f44c7c12-ce94-4fff-a41f-5b4148ae8b56/IMG_0181.JPG APPLEOOSA - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/45339d5c-9db8-47af-b095-ba5bfcb76f9d/IMG_0176.jpg APPLEOOSA - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/67850b00-3ecf-4a58-a9c9-4e78ab89538d/Screenshot+2024-01-11+at+9.03.42+AM.png APPLEOOSA - Make it stand out Photo by Gloria Bell, Instagram @cider-re https://www.instagram.com/cider_re/ https://skillcult.com/sugarwood daily 0.75 2025-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/f3e317d3-9201-4cb9-8762-cbce8c653ffb/P1260810.JPG SUGARWOOD - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/50632b24-fed3-4ecd-b6a1-d9979f61b8eb/sugarwood+with+text.jpg SUGARWOOD - Make it stand out These specimens of Sugarwood were picked up off the ground in Late February, still edible. Note the red staining in the flesh, courtesy of it’s parent Grenadine. While it never seems to produce very high flesh color, it can be significant, so it might be useful in breeding more red fleshed cider apples. That is another trait expression of which is likely to vary a lot with climate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/938ed94e-4afe-40f2-8c69-b4bef7516aa7/sugarwood+still.jpg SUGARWOOD - Make it stand out Sugarwood pulled down by heavy fruit load. https://skillcult.com/hard-candy-cider daily 0.75 2024-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/1672f843-0478-4943-8e0b-09d37ab94745/Hard+Candy+Cider.JPG HARD CANDY CIDER - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/32f84118-7f0d-452f-8381-679ddfb54dbc/DSC02898.JPG HARD CANDY CIDER - Make it stand out The juice of Hard Candy Cider tastes like the apple, fruity and delicious with significant tannin. https://skillcult.com/flaxen daily 0.75 2025-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/574c1748-a8c4-40ce-b2b5-3c18911e562a/DSC02743.JPG PINK LEMONADE - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/f171c98e-c1e4-4b74-a3e0-af7ce1b8a4c7/Pink+Lemonade.jpg PINK LEMONADE - Make it stand out A sprightly, good sized apple with more pink flesh than I originally thought it would have. Pink flesh often seems to develop more as a variety fruits longer. https://skillcult.com/vanilla-pink daily 0.75 2025-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/f09d3af6-87cc-4a0d-8266-ccea0dd0c217/vanilla+pink.jpg VANILLA PINK - Make it stand out Even with a few faults, Vanilla Pink will blow some minds. I hope you all throughly enjoy growing these and getting to hand them to unsuspecting eaters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/bc50abd9-fc9e-4471-8e99-27a02886de5b/Screen+Shot+2022-05-20+at+4.32.30+PM.jpg VANILLA PINK - Make it stand out Vanilla pink has neon pink/red flesh! https://skillcult.com/january-russet daily 0.75 2024-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/b0d3a4d6-c99f-4d3e-b7e1-d96a394a493f/P1370046.JPG JANUARY RUSSET - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/9b9419cf-930f-409d-93c4-4ac15f165b3b/P1370049.jpg JANUARY RUSSET - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://skillcult.com/dutch-master daily 0.75 2025-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/86e5ba8b-c1c8-498f-88fc-defca87d904d/C0E4FA8E-AC06-4ADE-8663-1A4C5B193774_1_105_c.jpeg DUTCH MASTER - Make it stand out Dutch master is named for the rich oil painting-like russet patterning. This Russet effect is highly variable, but when present, it is often striking. Dutch Master refers to master artists from Holland, most especially regarding a mastery of light in oil paintings, such as the girl with the pearl earring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/c40a19b5-5884-4383-8f04-cc1a032383ac/75821A8C-03D9-4DFE-B1EA-28079EFDB7EA_1_105_c.jpeg DUTCH MASTER - Make it stand out A good tart cooker and holds its shape in a pie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/fab702bf-5fb6-4631-bb46-7f73a9feed56/DD096CC0-BE8C-4F0F-8982-1A4E941557F6_1_105_c.jpg DUTCH MASTER - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/8c0f83ff-1fd5-4c68-b095-2b90368366fa/4321724A-9811-4DC0-87CD-0383322EC9B6_1_105_c.jpeg DUTCH MASTER - Make it stand out Dutch Master is highly variable in size. The flattened shape and spidery russetting are distinguishing characteristic, though they both vary as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/b9379daf-8f74-4270-81a6-47d174506494/1DFC28D7-1086-44C0-82C9-47B95386EF00_1_105_c.jpeg DUTCH MASTER - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/91722dd3-76ac-4973-a8d4-9239feb69175/Dutch+Master.jpg DUTCH MASTER - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://skillcult.com/tomboy-crab daily 0.75 2025-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/0a1883ac-a785-4d18-98cd-b93a24ee027f/TOMBOY+CRAB+PROMO.jpg TOMBOY CRAB - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/a9801d75-596c-4204-9168-6fb6676483ca/2BCB247B-A534-4EF1-87CC-2F3D11345EC8_1_105_c.jpg TOMBOY CRAB - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/06874e72-f532-460a-b65d-a243feb6836d/9F5D5659-9151-402C-9451-703056D139A3_1_105_c.jpeg TOMBOY CRAB - Make it stand out Tomboy may be a bit rough on the outside, but it is a tasty little nugget of sweet goodness inside. https://skillcult.com/clarion daily 0.75 2025-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/bb4ba3d8-56c9-4bf9-82ac-ccc719180f01/Clarion.jpg CLARION - Make it stand out Cristal clear effervescent flavor and clear complexion of Clarion. Cue the angels singing Ahhhhhhhhhhh………… https://skillcult.com/integrity daily 0.75 2024-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/f34983da-f42c-4232-9489-4586413b4ebf/9235FB71-06B8-4CA7-89BE-19506E60F2E1_1_105_c.jpeg INTEGRITY - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/864c134f-0e65-408f-93a6-e51eadb59b45/E3C20833-AE6F-426C-8E49-F639B3077E33_1_105_c.jpeg INTEGRITY - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://skillcult.com/twang daily 0.75 2024-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/4c68b930-cd5d-4491-92d8-76356d37c100/E8B24B0D-742D-427E-9D64-3E02415AC046.jpeg TWANG - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/6cf700df-f2b1-4c1f-ba63-cc2cb730cfdc/E4ABF5EC-0284-481C-A037-0C065C83FC57_1_105_c.jpeg TWANG - Make it stand out Twang is quite a looker with her pastel, sunset colors. https://skillcult.com/hella-kitty daily 0.75 2025-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/d9545432-1815-4660-87fb-0100b8d7ce8d/Hella+kitty.jpg HELLA KITTY - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/78b187e1-e29e-43b4-becc-b916062524f0/DSC03489.JPG HELLA KITTY - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/8ec8c2fc-97c1-49c4-bab0-efc2ffa797ea/HELLA+KITTY+2.jpg HELLA KITTY - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/a92dde3b-03a6-4825-a76e-7487b16fbc98/E64CD778-508E-4C5F-A3E3-28CAED9CA788_1_105_c.jpeg HELLA KITTY - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://skillcult.com/jellybean-cider daily 0.75 2024-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/800b787b-3e75-4959-bf28-fd016b72f3c3/Screenshot+2024-01-06+at+8.34.59+AM.png JELLYBEAN CIDER - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/5ac99d43-9c38-481a-8b46-0a5275064c2f/Screenshot+2024-01-06+at+8.46.17+AM.png JELLYBEAN CIDER - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://skillcult.com/musketeer daily 0.75 2024-01-11 https://skillcult.com/black-and-red daily 0.75 2024-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/856c7b4d-0e7f-47b7-aae2-88229fd000de/B3501449-8657-4C57-9C72-76102864E203_1_105_c.jpg BLACK AND RED - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/d1fae56e-0123-4d9d-a16c-6fbaec260df6/B3F66AC0-915B-468A-994D-41C0C61C3750_1_105_c.jpeg BLACK AND RED - Make it stand out Visually striking on the tree and surprising inside! https://skillcult.com/red-winter-pie daily 0.75 2024-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/0691bba9-f663-4042-a57f-442270b588f1/Screenshot+2024-01-05+at+5.12.59+AM.jpg RED WINTER PIE - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://skillcult.com/privacy-policy daily 0.75 2024-01-07 https://skillcult.com/pomegranate-crab daily 0.75 2025-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/6043fecd-8d72-46bb-8092-9aea125d7f46/POMEGRANATE+CRAB.jpg POMEGRANATE CRAB - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/3937ea55-f66b-4302-9263-6005794055e1/Pomegranate+Crab+bitten+in+hand.png POMEGRANATE CRAB - Make it stand out So red! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/d97c8e60-a57f-4018-acc3-cdedc72bb7f3/Pomegranate+Crab+leaves.png POMEGRANATE CRAB - Make it stand out The leaves of this apple are beautiful in the fall https://skillcult.com/pinker-lady daily 0.75 2025-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/c1ba6d87-a326-4b76-b70e-b4452a005606/PINKER+LADY+THUMB.jpg PINKER LADY - Make it stand out Pinker Lady, she’s Bigger and Pinker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/5279660e-ccef-4c11-b3f2-802d394de9e9/Pinker+Lady+1.png PINKER LADY - Make it stand out These are small specimens off of a tree that was overbearing and barely thinned. With thinning, expect some very large fruits. Flesh color is usually mottled rather than pink all the way through. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c24c1fe4b06f6648814abe/db10bfbe-4a28-4cce-99b7-b71b664b2cea/Pinker+lady+3.png PINKER LADY - Make it stand out Show quality appearance