Recent content by murdog

I was doing some root sucker pruning and weeding around some fruit trees yesterday and found lots of snail/sucker looking critters on and around the trunk/roots. Do they pose any danger? any info? thanks

Thanks for all the feedback! My basement, although dark, its probably too warm so I moved them to the garage - detached / not heated so temp is an issue but long range forecast is showing lowest temp at 33 so I think Im good till planting time. Ive got 'em in 5 gallon buckets packed with moist...

I bench grafted 20 crab apples yesterday. the weather isnt nearly warm enough to bring them outside yet - or even into the garage (buffalo ny). How long can I keep them in the basement for? do I need to put any extra lighting on them? I figure I need 3-4 weeks until I can get them outside...

I did a bunch of pruning today but was not able to reach the tops of some of my apple trees. Most of my trees are on b118 so I was expecting them to get pretty big but now that they have I’m a little concerned about being too high on the ladder- this old age thing is creeping up on me! So my...

Looking for some input on a possible retirement 'project.' Im probably going to retire in about 4.5 years and am thinking about growing some trees for profit for some additional income. Heres the rough plan and a couple questions: Im going to start with 500/yr and eventually (yr or 3) get to...

I rarely sit all day but when I do its always the same day - November 11th. I always have it off being Veterans day and it is usually smack dab in the middle of the rut! Looking forward to it this week - deer are just starting to kick it up a notch here - havent seen any evidence of does in...