#Apple tree pruning

[aflockofseacows]

Welp, started harvesting the third apple tree, nicknamed the wall de pommes.

I couldn't finish before dusk. I can optimistically say I've picked 2/3rds of them. They taste really good. Best ones so far, imo. Quite sour and crisp.

[tomatoluvr69]

The thing about apples that makes me feel so crazy is that they’re such a living entity…what I mean by this is that with so many fruits and vegetables you’re able to save seeds theoretically indefinitely, obviously not til the end of time but for thousands of years. But with apple varieties, because they don’t grow true to seed (meaning that planting 1000 apple seeds from the same tree will yield you 1000 different results, perhaps only a few of them pleasant to eat) you must graft a scion (a branch off a grown tree in the desired variety) to get the type of apple you want. Which means for there to be, say, Granny Smith apples, there must be a living breathing Granny Smith tree alive from which to take a branch…seeds will do nothing. It’s just such a profoundly impermanent situation and there’s something poetic there for me

[kihaku-gato]

2023 is the Year of the rabbit alright 🙃

MULTIPLE apple trees in the orchard have major branches heavily girdled and buds stripped from ravenous rabbits this winter. I'm beginning to consider the option of hunting/eating wild rabbit as a way to do population control- meat's expensive in this economy anyhow.

This photo is from early April, I would've photographed the damage more recently (since snow is gone and the meltwater's dried off) but easter weekend I went to town on the orchard and pruned well over half the orchard, removing girdled branches on top of the scheduled branch thinning and watershoot removal.

Only 3 fruit trees left for pruning (Pewaukee apple on removal of rootstalk tree takeover, and then tearing down TOWERING vertical branches off of Tolman Sweet and it's noid neighbor) but with field seeding looming over the horizon and my pruning hand seizing up from nonstop power pruning I may not get all 3 done in time since I need to give that hand a rest.

Still impressed to have gotten through so many trees in so little time.

[artemistorm]

I've had a small jar of seeds in the fridge for 3 months to simulate winter (have to do that or they won't germinate) and I took them out of the fridge 2 days ago and within 24 hours they started sprouting and I'm sooo excited! They're apple seeds and prune seeds (Italian plums). I also have some rose seeds but non of them are showing signs of life yet.

[sad-lime]

so glad that climbing trees can be a career. I may be dumb and have to work with exclusively men but at least I can go to sleep at night knowing the carabiner on my belt loop was earned

[definegodliness]

Forgot to post The Haul ™️

[celamity]

Pruning the top of my apple tree at the very wrong time of year due to wind storm

[journiland]

Day 28, Buy Nothing Unnecessary. Bought nothing.

"We" pruned (meaning Vampire cut everything whilst I stood there and directed) about a third of an apple tree today, before I became epically frozen and we went in. (It was about 40F, but I felt like it was about 20.) They say you can prune that much, so hope it's alright. (Of course, I forgot before and after pics).

I also bagged and tossed two bags of shredded trampoline safety pad. The weather destroyed it, (though the trampoline itself is fine), and it was hanging down in raggy pieces. Debated on whether that counts as decluttering, since not in the house...but the yard looks better now, and that makes me happy. Finally decide to compromise and count the two bags as one.

Decluttering Total: 48 + they took the chair! + trampoline bits = 50! ⭐🙂⭐

[guinevereslancelot]

the problem with the things i want is that they are expensive 😔

[ericosyard]

1.28.24 pruned the apple tree today. Some day I need to learn how to do it right.

[the-re-farmer]

Pruning day

Well, I managed to get at least something done outside today! View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Re-Farmer (@the.refarmer) The before and after pictures. I was losing light by the time I was done, so the second shot turned out pretty bad. Sorry. My goal was to take care of the one at the end of the row of crabapples; far left in the photos. I’ve been tasting apples from different…

[farmerstrend]

How to make serious money on Apple Farming In Kenya

Apple farming in Kenya has gained popularity in recent years due to the high demand for apples both locally and internationally. The country has a conducive climate for apple cultivation, and the government has been supporting farmers in various ways to boost the production of the crop. Photo credit The main apple-growing regions in Kenya are the highlands, including areas such as Nyeri, Meru,…

[headspace-hotel]

i'm feeling autistic about plants so, maclura pomifera

It's a small North American tree commonly known as the Osage orange or "hedge-apple"

Before barbed wire was invented, it was used to make living fences; when you kept pruning it, it would sprout a thick impenetrable wall of thorny shoots.

The wood's properties are also insane: it's super-strong, burns really hot, and is highly resistant to rotting. It is said to have been VERY valued by Native Americans for making into bows.

However it produces these

DEEPLY CURSED fruits that are huge and inedible. Not poison. They just suck. They're hard, woody and secrete weird latex.

And they produce SO MANY it weighs the whole tree down

Before colonization it was found only in a small patch of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. Now they're everywhere. In the Bluegrass region of Kentucky you see them loaded down with fruit all over the place.

HOWEVER we have no idea how it's supposed to spread naturally. No living animal is any good at seed dispersal. It's like the sunfish of trees.

Why, Maclura pomifera. Why are you like this

[wandamaximoffsbadgirl]

Our Safe Haven

Wanda x little!fem!reader

Word count: 1.1K

Warnings: None this is very fluffy

Authors notes: I had a thought while rewatching DSMOM yesterday. What if...Wanda hadn't been consumed by the darkhold?

“Baaaaaa Baaaaaaa.” 

You woke up to the sound of sheep with a smile on your face. Jumping out of bed and changing into your shortalls and pulling on your perfectly white mid-crew socks. Your tongue sticking out a bit as you pull on your cowgirl boots. You were ready to bolt out the front door when Wanda caught you, we'll her magic did, making you giggle.

“Mama! Mama!” you cried out with a giggle as she carefully placed you down at the kitchen table. She turned around with your breakfast of eggs, bacon, and toast. You wiggled in your seat as she set the plate down, leaning over to kiss the top of your head. 

“Good morning detka. Feeling small this morning?” She asked sweetly with a smile as you put some eggs on your fork and you nodded, shoving the food into your mouth, a little ‘mhmm' coming from you. Wanda simply smiled at you, the little light of her life that she found after The Westview Incident.

The moment you were done you bolted out of the house. Your great Pyrenees, Lola, getting up from her spot to follow behind you as you run to the sheep, letting them out to roam and running around with them.

.°⋆.°⋆𐚁

“Apples, right?” Strange asked, making Wanda look up. She was pruning one of the many apple trees that were on the property the two of you had purchased with the money Tony had left everyone.

“Eventually.” She handed him the small branch that was blossoming. 

“Smells…”

“Sweet?”

“I was gonna say real.” Strange said in an accusatory tone making Wanda's face fall.

“It's all very real. Thanks. I put the magic behind me.” Wanda looked over at you, watching as you herded the sheep with Lola laying nearby, watching. 

Strange followed her eyesight. Watching carefully. “Who's the girl?”

“Y/N. I met her after I left Westview. I was looking for a remote place to settle down and she worked at the general store in the secluded town. Eventually I found myself falling in love again.” Wanda smiled, a genuine smile before turning back to Strange. “Well, I knew sooner or later you'd... show up, wanting to discuss what happened at WestView. I made mistakes, and people were hurt.”

“But you put things right in the end and that was never in doubt. I'm not here to talk about WestView.” 

Before Wanda could ask why he was here you came running up, “Mama! Mama!” You hadn't noticed the man at first otherwise you wouldn't have called her Mama, you knew better as you shied away, pressing your face into her. 

Strange was befuddled by the exchange happening in front of him, but watched Wanda soothe you back down, “It's okay little one. He's a friend. He helped me save the world. Your favorite story to hear.” She spoke softly, kissing the top of your head. Wanda looked back at Strange, “So if Not Westview then what are you here for?” Wanda questioned as you looked up at her. 

It was rare that she talked about Westview. When you first met she had mentioned coming from there and that things didn't go as planned. She needed a fresh start. 

“What do you know of the multiverse?” The man asked as you turned slightly to look between them.

“The multiverse. Vis had his theories. He believed it was real. And dangerous.” Wanda's voice shifted slightly, her grip on you tightening ever so slightly. 

Vis…a name you'd heard twice. She always left him out of the stories she told. She tried once, but started to cry. The second was in passing, you heard her ask herself, “Would you have liked this Vis?” You pretended not to hear her. Deciding it was best not to acknowledge it.

“Well, he was right about both. We found a girl who can somehow travel across it but she's being pursued.” Strange informed the two of you and you looked up at Wanda happily about possibly a new friend, but Wanda looked worried. Her grip tightens further on you. A small squeak coming out of you. 

“Mama…” You spoke softly, tugging on her shirt. She looked down at you trying to hide the swirling emotions in her eyes. You saw it though and you didn't mean to, but it brought you right back to a big headspace. “Love what's wrong? What is it?” Your hands cup her cheeks and she practically melts at your touch. It grounds her back down. 

“I'm fine.” Her voice betrays her with a slight crack as she looks back at Strange. 

“You can bring her here. She'll be safe and Y/N can keep her company.” 

“Are you sure Wanda? It won't be too much trouble?” He asks as she shakes her head in response. 

“No trouble at all Stephen.” She plasters a smile on her face as Strange portals back to the temple. 

“What's wrong?” You ask sternly. “He's not here, it's just us Wanda. I know something isn't right.” She tries to pull away, but you hold her there.

“When we met I was in possession of something called the darkhold. It gave me a lot of resources, but it all came at a price. I found the price was too high once I got to know you. I knew I couldn't have both so,” her hands find yours on her face, “I gave it up so we could live our life. So I could leave my past where it belongs. But now with this I can feel that itch. The want—no the need for it again.” 

A pained expression covered your features. You could tell she was struggling and so you did the only thing you knew how to do when she got like this, her thoughts swirling and drowning her in her past mistakes, you kissed her. It was soft and she barely pressed back, but you felt it. 

“We'll get through this. I'm here for you Wands. Didn't I already tell you when you told me who you were?” Wanda looked down at you, waiting for the reminder, needing it right now. “You aren't a monster. What you did is in the past. We can't change that. We can only be better in the future.” 

She leaned her forehead against yours, a smile slowly spreading on her face. “Thank you for the reminder my little love.” She spoke in a whisper as you reached a hand to tangle in her hair, scratching gently as she closed her eyes. 

“We're gonna make it through this. Do what we have to and keep moving forward.” You tell her as she nods against you. 

“How'd I get so lucky?” she whispers.

“I ask myself that question every time I look at you.” you whisper back as you hear a portal opening behind you. Getting ready to face the next chapter of your life together.