Ontario Fruit Explorers

["Thomas Olenio" <tolenio@sentex.net>]

Hi,

Bert is the container fig man.

Keep in mind that permenent marker under the mulch lasts longer than above  
the mulch.  The sun fades it quickly.

I use plastic window blinds and a plain #2 pencil.  Seems to last a longer  
than any marker.  The blinds are cut into 4" strips, then I use a hole  
punch at one end.  I hang it with a wire or plastic cable tie.

This is the perfect time of year to find old blinds in people's spring  
cleaning.

Later,
Tom


On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:03:44 -0500, Biz Storms <biz.storms@sympatico.ca>  
wrote:

> Hey Tom, Bert and Jo,
>
> Talk about how great minds think alike - I was chatting with Margie just  
> a little earlier today about some apple stuff. And, yes, I'd be  
> interested in a tour or two, as long as I can get spring jobs completed.  
> My list seems endless.
>
> Winter restlessness always gets me into trouble. Between large orders  
> from Strawberry Tyme for raspberry canes ( hundreds );  nuts, mulberries  
> and hickories from Grimo;  120 whips from Siloam for a small commercial  
> venture; the regular kitchen garden plantings of fruits and veggies;  
> upgrading a hill garden from bad soil to good earth;  and ongoing chip  
> budding, weeding, spraying, mulching, and so forth  - well, I'm  
> exhausted before I even start. But it's so excitig I can't wait to begin.
>
> This weekend I spray - hopefully the weather forecast for Sunday remains  
> sunny - or perhaps into Monday. It's either been too cold, too wet, or  
> we've been absent. Once the weather breaks enough for the ground to  
> soften, its transplant, transplant, transplant.
>
> We installed a 24 x 40 foot nursey, all nicely fenced in with the cahin  
> link fence buried 8" below ground level to keep the rabbits out. The  
> voles just scamper through, so the wire mesh tree guards are for them.  
> I've decided to renovate and move things around so the rows are more  
> accessible. About half the trees are going out into the orchard, so it's  
> the perfect time to shift and make tags for the trees and accurate maps  
> for finding things next year. We also mistakenly put the rhubard inside  
> the fence, so those babies are going elsewhere, since they spread like  
> the dickens.
>
> Speaking of tags and maps, I learned a neat trick from Shelley Paulocik,  
> from Woodwinds. She actually writes the name of the variety on the whip  
> with a sharpie pen. It lasts for at least the growing season, and  
> usually the following as well. We had a bunch of whips that had the tags  
> accidentally removed, and after digging down below the mulch, there were  
> all the names, nicely written down the side of the whip. I made certain  
> that I did the same thing with all the new whips that came in last year,  
> only a little higher up, so it's easier to see. This year, I'll attempt  
> to write the name on the same side of the whips, so I don't have to  
> adopt a hands and knees approach to finding the name if the tag gets  
> dislodged.
>
> And to think this was going to be a quick message.
>
> Cheers, Bizmark.
>
> ps. I forgot to mention, we going to play around with growing figs this  
> year - but in container pots. Any suggestions? Size, material, winter  
> storage ???
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Olenio" <tolenio@sentex.net>
> To: <labruscagrape@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 12:54 PM
> Subject: [OFEX] Harrow
>
>
> > Hello All,
> >
> > If I could arrange it with Margie Luffman, would anyone be interested  
> > in a tour of the Harrow, Genebank this spring, this fall or both?
> >
> > In spring you could see flowering habit, in fall you have fruit.
> >
> > She offered to do it once before, and if there is interest I will ask  
> > her again.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Tom
> >
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