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This messager was on the Indiana Nut & Fruit Growers chat net. I'm 
transfering to this net in case someone here is interested. 

> I have a 12+ acre lot on the East side of Indianapolis that I just 
> started discussing the sale of with my realtor. It has an acre pond and a 
> creek 
> running through it so it could not be utilized as a conventional farm but 
> might be well suited to your needs. I was planning 3-acres hazelnuts, 
> 1-acre 
> of fruits, and 1/2 acre veggies garden but life calls me elsewhere. 
> 
> Please contact me if interested. 
> 
> Andy Borst
> aborstster@gmail.com
> 317-931-9773
>From chandos49@hotmail.com  Sat Feb  2 18:00:48 2013
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Subject: Re: [nafex] Grafting with Kids
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Yea and amen.=A0
I use a #8 Opinel folding knife: carbon steel=2C holds an edge well and ver=
y comfortable in the hand. I have only grafted apples=2C most of which had =
rather soft wood when grafting size. Something slow-growing and tough=2C li=
ke Court Pendu Plat=2C I would put against a bench to cut.

Dave Liezen=2C=A0
who hopes to graft three old German apples (Glockenapfel [Bell apple]=2C Ro=
ter Eiserapfel [Red Iron]=2C Edelborsdorfer [Borstown Noble=2C dates back t=
o 1175!] and one French colonial=2C Pomme Grise [Gray]=2C with that knife i=
n a couple of months for my yard.


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> From: david.maxwell@dal.ca
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Sat=2C 2 Feb 2013 15:48:59 -0400
> Subject: Re: [nafex] Grafting with Kids
>
>
> > All of the recent messages about grafting knives made me wonder about
> > how to do grafting workshops with kids. I still remember someone
> > coming to my 6th grade class and talking about grafting but we didn't
> > try any. My main questions are about tools and what ages to try it
> > with.
>
> One "trick" I picked up last year which makes the whole exercise safer: p=
repare a whole
> bunch of squares of thin plywood or hardboard about 3 inches square=2C wi=
th a hole in the
> middle. When making vertical cuts=2C (such as the tongue in a whip-and-to=
ngue graft)=2C slip the
> plywood guard over the scion or rootstock first. That way if the wood une=
xpectedly splits=2C the
> plywood guard protects the fingers underneath. Obviously=2C once one has =
made the cuts=2C one
> takes the plywood guard off before sticking the graft together. (If I had=
 had this a number of
> years ago=2C I wouldn't have a numb area on the tip of my left index fing=
er from where I sliced
> the digital nerve.)
> Other than this=2C I would certainly go for hands-on experience with grad=
e 6's. But I can't
> guarantee that nobody will cut themselves=2C any more than I could in a c=
lass of 30 year olds.
> One other comment I would make concerns the knives: somebody suggested a =
kitchen knife
> because "it is less sharp=2C and hence less likely to cut oneself". This =
is incorrect - a sharp
> knife will cut the grafting wood with less force=2C and hence one is less=
 likely to slip and cut
> oneself. One's knife should be sharp enough to shave with. (Use the hair =
on your forearm to
> test it.)
>
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