The Bubblegum Plum
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Our Apple Grafts are Blooming!
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The Vanilla Pippin Apple
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Our Largest "Bradford Pears" Yet!
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Milled Ash Wood Bed Frame Build
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Replacing Trees in Our Orchard
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Goldrush Apples
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@phillippinter7518
@phillippinter7518 7 күн бұрын
How did it produce?
@MyNeighborsaJackAss
@MyNeighborsaJackAss 9 күн бұрын
My cherry trees are not grafted. What goes this mean? Is it because only sour cherry trees need it? IDK who planted my trees or where they came from. They are four years old, I’m guessing. Maybe five.
@MyNeighborsaJackAss
@MyNeighborsaJackAss 9 күн бұрын
Your root collar is buried. That tree will be weakened and susceptible to disease.
@WorldWatchNews-r6f
@WorldWatchNews-r6f 14 күн бұрын
What does it taste like? Is it sweet?
@kittyskid1
@kittyskid1 19 күн бұрын
makes perfect sense
@SellYourHomeEZ
@SellYourHomeEZ 23 күн бұрын
Where do you buy taps? I only find plastic ones
@dalepres1
@dalepres1 25 күн бұрын
Why not just grow an M111 as a tree and take cuttings every winter? Root those cuttings using standard processes and then graft cuttings from your variety tree cuttings.
@falynch
@falynch 15 күн бұрын
Apple cuttings do not root unless it's a variety with burr knots. M111 isn't a heavy burr knot variety.
@roshnimoses5055
@roshnimoses5055 26 күн бұрын
Very good details.Thanks.
@F0XD1E
@F0XD1E Ай бұрын
Not bad for a happy accident!
@dnm6445
@dnm6445 Ай бұрын
Should the wood be covered to protect from rain or how it would season and dry if expose to rain?
@HonestHomesteading
@HonestHomesteading Ай бұрын
I set this rack up in my garage where rain is not an issue. If you make this outside, put a tarp across the top of the wood held down by a few rocks, bricks, or pieces of firewood. Keep the sides of the wood exposed to the air so that it can move through the stack. Any rain that gets on the edges of the firewood should dry off without issue at least during summer months. If a heavy rain or significant amount of snow is coming, you could let the tarp go down across the sides of the stack as well. If your tarp has grommets, you can also use elastic stretch cords under the bottom to hold the sides of the tarp down in the wind.
@fancymcentire5710
@fancymcentire5710 Ай бұрын
take two wooden chairs facing add a couple boards across ,done.
@rosskstar
@rosskstar Ай бұрын
Plum curculio targets young peaches during shuck split
@copaciornamentali-br9bh
@copaciornamentali-br9bh Ай бұрын
Great tip! I found this tape as laboratory tape and I was not sure it was ok. Thanks to your video, now I know it is what I am looking for
@blanchemoore8707
@blanchemoore8707 2 ай бұрын
how many gallons of sap can I expect for each tree?
@HonestHomesteading
@HonestHomesteading Ай бұрын
I have had a lot of variation in how much each tree will produce. Some trees take a few days to get a gallon from a tap, and other taps may produce as much as a gallon each day. It's hard to say what you will get, as a lot of it depends on the specific tree, how big it is, how healthy it is, as well as how cold the night is and how much the day warms up. But if you are used to maple sap, know that at least for me, the walnut produce a noticeable amount less in the same conditions. Though I've not measured the difference I'd be surprised if they even made half as much sap as maple. But the flavor makes it worth the effort! And you could always make a maple-walnut blend if you don't get much walnut.
@camaroman9264
@camaroman9264 2 ай бұрын
So I have a bunch of Bradford pears I have some putting off decent size fruits for theses trees I decided to try one seems the peeling is very bitter, but the internal part seems very sweet and edible, so is it just a matter of peeling them to eat them or like make pies with like crab apples
@tfields6364
@tfields6364 2 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing your process. We're getting ready to mill our first logs and I wasn't completely sure how to handle the pith. This was really helpful.
@HonestHomesteading
@HonestHomesteading Ай бұрын
You're welcome! I'm still learning a lot myself! It seems that every log acts just a bit different, but cut everything larger than you need and try and remember or write down what you did for each log so you can learn how the wood reacts to different cuts. And have fun! We've really enjoyed making all that we have so far!
@petermai4293
@petermai4293 2 ай бұрын
I did many grafts of apple varieties onto my Gala apple tree in the backyard and most of them took. Now I have them growing little fruits so I face the same issue. Should I remove the fruits? In one case, I grafted onto a crab apple host only about 1 year old. I actually graft onto the main leader of the young plant and let the crab apple grow a lot of laterals. This graft also has 3 fruits on it! Most of the grafts have between 3-5 fruits! It looks like keeping 1 is already an issue let alone letting all 3-5 apples grow on teh new grafts. If I keep them, I guess I will need to make sure the weight of the apples is supported to avoid breaking the grafts. What I plan to do is to attach stakes to the host branches and use bags that protect apples from pests to protect the fruits and also tie the bags to the stakes to make sure the weight won't break the grafts.
@petermai4293
@petermai4293 Ай бұрын
I have just checked and I now have 4 grafts with between 3-4 apples on each graft! The grafts were done in Sept, so they are 8 weeks old. They started growing 2 weeks after grafting and by 4 weeks old, they already had flowers. The fruits are now about 3cm in diameter. The weak fruits have fallen off a while ago. These fruits look solid. I have use small bamboo stakes tied to the host branch and the new branches to provide extra support just in case the fruits become too heavy for the grafts to support. In about 4 more months, the fruit would ripe if they survive. Keep my fingers crossed that they do. I will report here if they survive or not.
@HonestHomesteading
@HonestHomesteading Ай бұрын
When I can, I cut my scions in 2 so I can use them for 2 separate grafts if possible. That way I can experiment like this with one, but let the other grow without fruit so that it is far less likely to break or fail. I have had a few break from doing this, but I've also had some break after waiting several years before letting them fruit, so it's not a once size fits all solution either. If you can fully support the weight, you should be ok to leave them, but as the season goes on, I would probably thin down to 1 fruit per cluster. Though, if you have ready access to more scion wood, like from a neighbor or friend, I'd probably just see what happens and get more if needed! For grafts where you are establishing a brand new tree, I wouldn't leave any fruit so that it can focus on establishing the new scaffold branches and growing the structure of the tree. Good luck! I hope you get to try some this year!
@petermai4293
@petermai4293 20 күн бұрын
I now have 12 fruits from new grafts and they are growing big! I have used bamboo sticks to tie and provide support for the new apple stems and hope the wind won't break them. It looks like they are here to stay! Some stems have 3-4 apples in a bunch!
@thechaosgardener
@thechaosgardener 2 ай бұрын
I’ve been doing the same! Bradford pear is amazing rootstock!
@adharsutar2010
@adharsutar2010 2 ай бұрын
Delivery & price
@RustyBobbins
@RustyBobbins 2 ай бұрын
I have a peach that grew up out of nowhere on our property. Thinking an animal planted it lol. Finally got fruit off it this year and it tasted amazing. Small like yours and just so juicy, soft and delicious. I just now learned about lovell and I'm pretty sure that's what it is. I recommend to pick them when they are still firm and then let them finish ripening in your kitchen. Last year I tried to let them ripen on the tree (I knew nothing about harvesting peaches at the time) and they got bug bitten and just not very appetizing, not just a bug bite here or there, it was bad lol. And I never did catch them soft enough so I really though they might just be a not so great variety. But after visiting a peach orchard this year I learned when they pick theirs and that you then let them ripen a few days on your counter and then they're perfect! Mine were dripping with juice and just melted in my mouth so I ate them over my sink lol.
@BissellMapleFarm
@BissellMapleFarm 2 ай бұрын
This is a good video. It is helpful as I evaluate harvesting some partially dead ash.
@HonestHomesteading
@HonestHomesteading 2 ай бұрын
I appreciate that, thanks! I took down another dead ash a year or two after this one, but once it was down, I could tell that base of the trunk, up to maybe 20 feet in the air, wasn't even that great of firewood - though I collected it anyway. However, around that height the tree had formed two rather straight "trunks" and they were still really solid pieces that hadn't deteriorated much yet. I sliced those pieces, maybe 10-14" in diameter, into 1" slabs. I've been making some shelves with them these past few weeks and they've been turning out really well! All that to say, the worst rot and deterioration may be at the base, so it's worth checking any section that is large enough to find a use for. Thanks for stopping by!
@BissellMapleFarm
@BissellMapleFarm 2 ай бұрын
@HonestHomesteading we will do that. I'm looking for beams to be posts in a timber frame. I'd love to get some ash before they are gone.
@johanconradie2120
@johanconradie2120 3 ай бұрын
don't bother to graft on thin branches on old tree because the tree will wean off that graft
@HonestHomesteading
@HonestHomesteading Ай бұрын
Have you had this happen? I've never seen this occur on my trees.
@SvenHartl-z4t
@SvenHartl-z4t 3 ай бұрын
Coole und einfache idee
@Lovena39
@Lovena39 3 ай бұрын
i've liked you for a thousand years
@paulnovak833
@paulnovak833 3 ай бұрын
Why not show the process ?
@HonestHomesteading
@HonestHomesteading Ай бұрын
Thank you for the video suggestion! I'll see if I can put one together the next time we make walnut syrup!
@olispagna5170
@olispagna5170 3 ай бұрын
👍🤓👍
@F0XD1E
@F0XD1E 3 ай бұрын
Looking good! Hammering in a dowel and then trimming it flush is one way to avoid putty. You can yank them out with a screw later on if need be as well, if you don't glue them.
@HonestHomesteading
@HonestHomesteading 3 ай бұрын
Thanks! And thanks for the tip!
@jspiker101010
@jspiker101010 3 ай бұрын
Looks great!!!!
@JRussomjr
@JRussomjr 3 ай бұрын
I'm doing this to my trees!! The final product looks so delicious.
@HonestHomesteading
@HonestHomesteading 3 ай бұрын
It's so good! Enjoy!
@faliennata5350
@faliennata5350 3 ай бұрын
my concern would be the honey bees, don't want to kill the honey bees
@suewingo806
@suewingo806 3 ай бұрын
Why is there black gummy stuff on my peaches
@LuvableKnots
@LuvableKnots 3 ай бұрын
How have the hardy kiwis been doing? I was worried about planting the two I ordered at this time, in mid September.
@chickenfarm09
@chickenfarm09 3 ай бұрын
My MacFree from Stark Bros. got several fireblight strikes in it. Fortunately I guess the tree was big enough to not suffer too bad. It was next to Crimson Crisp, and I believe it was the Crimson Crisp that had the most problem. Also passing it along to Liberty another supposed blight resistant tree.
@pjchmiel
@pjchmiel 4 ай бұрын
I have a Lovell that grew up from from an Apricot that the graft died on. Mine has about 8 trunks and is about 12'x12' after 7 or 8 years. I'm thinking yours are planted pretty close together and you may want to remove every other one eventually. The fruits on mine are large, at least baseball-sized, firm, and so-so in the flavor department for fresh eating. They are also extremely late compared to most other peaches, ripening in early-mid September here in SW Michigan, zone 5-compared to most of the "standard" peach varieties that ripen in July or early August. Like most peach trees they will overbear and break their branches off if not thinned to one fruit every 4-6". Watch out for the trunk borers, those have killed off most of my peach trees over the years. Thanks for the video, happy harvests!
@RustyBobbins
@RustyBobbins 2 ай бұрын
Are you sure it's a Lovell?
@pjchmiel
@pjchmiel 2 ай бұрын
@@RustyBobbins not 100% sure, but Lovell is a rootstock that was used for apricots by that nursery I bought from, so good chance
@1cleandude
@1cleandude 4 ай бұрын
Master in-law points my bro!🙏🙏🙏
@susanharlan9256
@susanharlan9256 4 ай бұрын
Nicely done video! The jet pump on our well was destroyed by a 14 degree cold snap that knocked out our power for several days in Portland, Oregon. we will improve the insulation and place a light bulb in the well housing, but I'm not sure what I will use for a heat source when the power goes out again. I'm considering using an oil lamp, but I'm nervous about anything with a flame.
@HonestHomesteading
@HonestHomesteading 4 ай бұрын
Thanks! I recommend you trade some LED bulbs to all your friends in exchange for their old incandescent bulbs. Many people have them in sheds or detached garages, or closets, etc and would be happy to take an energy efficient alternative. For us, the box is small enough that a true, incandescent 100W bulb can fight off -15 degree weather! Most years I only run a 60W unless it is going below 0 degrees Fahrenheit. I haven't used it myself, but there is also heat tape you can buy for pipes that can be set to kick in at certain temperatures, so you might look into that.
@tetkinsin
@tetkinsin 4 ай бұрын
How is this tree doing now !?
@jtoot6391
@jtoot6391 4 ай бұрын
how are the posts holding up now? if any updates. nice!!!!
@HonestHomesteading
@HonestHomesteading 4 ай бұрын
They are all still secure and holding up well!
@brentontrogdon4902
@brentontrogdon4902 4 ай бұрын
What month is this?
@alexw890
@alexw890 4 ай бұрын
Are you familiar with Michael Phillips? He came up with a holistic spray: liquid fish, kelp, effective microbes, neem and karanja oil. For curculio he recommends kaolin clay spray.
@jongray4828
@jongray4828 4 ай бұрын
Is that pruning paint you’re using as sunblock? Are you sterilizing your cuts after you make them? If so what are you using to sterilize with?
@jjorangeswirl
@jjorangeswirl 4 ай бұрын
Glad to see a new variety!
@Anthony-kx6rt
@Anthony-kx6rt 4 ай бұрын
Gummosis the tree is diseased
@sheilahenry7279
@sheilahenry7279 4 ай бұрын
Everything I’ve read says plant in spring. I’m in Ms & zone 9 do you think I can safely plant on my chain link fence in September? It does get down sometimes a few days in winter below 32* but mostly mild. It’s in 100’s now in Augudt
@HonestHomesteading
@HonestHomesteading 4 ай бұрын
Planting in the fall should be fine, but I would wait until 100 degree days are long gone. Also, where are the plants now? If they are growing outside, you likely won't have an issue, but if they have been growing indoors, you'll want to acclimate them to the outdoors for a while before transplanting so that they don't get transplant shock. Thanks for stopping by and good luck!
@DanielVodzak-h2c
@DanielVodzak-h2c 4 ай бұрын
Thank you for the informative video. Have you had the sawmill and trailer out on the highway? How did it preform?
@HonestHomesteading
@HonestHomesteading 4 ай бұрын
I've towed it around the property a lot, without issue, but I've not actually driven off the property at this point. Between my trees and and trees that others have bought me, I haven't had a reason to do that yet! I'll let you know if I do.
@virginiamayhewsax
@virginiamayhewsax 4 ай бұрын
VERY impressive! How do the successful apples taste? Where in ny are you? I am in west orange nj Thank you!
@HonestHomesteading
@HonestHomesteading 4 ай бұрын
Thanks! We're actually located in central Indiana - I think in this video I talked about the Westfield Seek No Further apple that I grafted to being from NY. I think I've only had one apple variety that was disappointing so far, many that are good, and a few have been excellent. I have some videos with my thoughts on the different varieties and hope to add more to it soon!
@virginiamayhewsax
@virginiamayhewsax 4 ай бұрын
Thank you! May i sign up for your posts?
@lttl858
@lttl858 4 ай бұрын
Turn the 2x6 boards on edge and put them on the outside of the 4x4's......much stronger!
@zepguwlthistle7924
@zepguwlthistle7924 4 ай бұрын
what kind of paint do you use?
@deepthang
@deepthang 4 ай бұрын
Best and easiest yet. Thank you
@tictaktotiki
@tictaktotiki 4 ай бұрын
I wonder how you went with that tree. Be great to see a picture of it if it did take.
@HonestHomesteading
@HonestHomesteading 4 ай бұрын
It has been doing great, actually, thanks for asking! Here is part 2 of this project: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYacd4ifetV8r7M and here is part 3: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGS5fphqaqidh8U
@michellemasters3045
@michellemasters3045 4 ай бұрын
Could the tape prevent the para film getting oxygen causing the breakdown in graft with tape holding it . Maybe different tape?