Did You Know?

Did You Know?     If you discover a girdled tree in early spring, use white silicone caulking on the exposed area to prevent desiccation and save the tree.  The bark may grow back.   Young apple trees do best in bare soil with no competing grass or weeds and no mulch.   Evans cherry…

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Orchard Report Peter’s Creek August 30, 2001

  by TAMI SCHLIES   It is hard to believe that summer is almost over already.  It has not felt cold enough to be fall yet, but the trees have that bronzy sheen that speaks of the golden days of autumn just around the corner.  Perhaps milder days will give me the incentive to clean…

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Orchard Reports – Fall 2000

  Peters Creek, Alaska Dwight Bradley, Sept. 1, 2000 It’s finally starting to look like an orchard. Without a doubt this has been the best apple year since we planted the orchard in 1992.  Most trees survived last winter with very little damage.  Bloom lasted from June 3 to somewhere around the last week of…

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