What a weekend!

Friday was time to cut the potatoes into chunks for planting. I ordered a variety called purple viking, which is notorious for its yield, but I didn't take into consideration that the seed potatoes would be massive. Many of them hand the eyes concentrated on the crown area, leaving a lot of wasted spud. Anyway...the results.


Saturday was considerably busier. My father came to pick my wife and I up in his truck and we made a trip to Miller Nurseries in Canandaigua. I was very impressed. Their selection was great, staff was helpful, and the facilities were very nice. We came home with:


1 apple: "4-in-1 grafted modern varieties"
3 pear: "Bartlett, Beurre Bosc, and D'anjou"
1 nectarine: "Mericrest"
1 Apricot: "Chinese dwarf super hardy"
1 sweet cherry: "Stella compact"
1 grape: Golden Muscat
1 male kiwi (repaced by M.N. after the original failed last year)
4 blueberry bushes: 2"chandler" 2 "herbert"

Dad came home with 6 raspberry canes as well.

The trees are all on dwarfing rootstocks. I spent the remainder of the
day digging holes. Thankfully I had a little help, about 23 pounds of help to be precise.





I sprinkled in some mycorhizal spores I got from Fungi Perfecti, put the trees in, and then went through the nerve wracking process of pruning with a little help from "The Backyard Orchardist" which by the way is an excellent guide.