Sunday, October 3, 2010
Apple trees
So far over the last year and a half, before I came down with ankylosing spondylitis I planted several Dolgo Crabapples and American Crabapples for pollination and grafting. The Apples I have planted are Liberty, Enterprise, and Redfree. These are three very disease resistant apples that are low spray or no spray hopefully, and are said to produce nice apples at different times for a long crop. The Enterprise is an excellent keeper. I ordered my Redfree and Enterprise from Burnt Ridge, and my Liberty from Henry Fields. They have all taken and are looking good. All three of these are supposed to be good pollinator matches for each other and also for Dolgo. Another good pollinator that I now have is Golden Delicious. Golden Delicious is probably no good for fruit production in Kansas because it is vulnerable to cedar apple rust, but I wanted it for extra pollination since I had it for free. I got some scion wood from my tree in LA and grafted it to several of my Dolgo seedlings. grafts on 2 of the trees took and so it looks like I have 2 nice G. Delicious apples for pollination. I am hoping to get scion grafting wood from several other disease resistant varieties good for Kansas fruit production and pollination. The varieties I am most interested in are Williams Pride, Freedom, and Nova Easygro. Dad helped pack water to the most vulnerable trees this summer, since I could hardly walk. I hope to run water lines to everything when I recover.
Well for water
In the spring of 2009 we drilled a new well back by the little pond so we could set up a windmill and also possibly a solar pump for garden water, pond water, and also for livestock or wildlife as needed. I also bought an old windmill that I plan, Lord willing, to set up for water pumping. Of course, I am way behind on many projects because of my long bouts of being out of commission this year (most of 2010). We drilled a 6" well so we would have the option of 2 cylinders in well at the same time, similar to having 2 wells. At 75 ft deep we have all the water we need, the static level is 40 ft, which is pretty good compared to most of the nation.
Friday, October 1, 2010
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