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All of my named trees have leafed and bloomed but 4 wild trees are just starting to bloom. I keep notes and this is their typical bloom time each year. These 4 start dropping in October and are finished by the 4th week of October. Roughly golf ball sized apples.

When I first learned to graft apples I went to a class where I had an instructor who worked with the state tell us that you only need 1 bud, but it's nice to have 2 just for insurance.

I got OHxF 97 from fedco. This will be their 3rd year in the ground and doing well in 5b. I had about 50% of my grafts take.

I quoted someone saying their local school had them and I asked for the name of the school. You quoted me and gave me a school name. I didn't go back to see that you weren't the person I was asking, but by answering me specifically when I was asking for a school that had litter boxes, you see...

Took a few days, but I got a reply from the principal. Like I already knew, no litter boxes in the bathrooms.

It was April 1st yesterday, so I guess you got me. Couldn't find anything on google even though you say it was on FOX.

What school? I want to contact to them to verify? I've heard this same story before and when contact is made, there is no proof. I'm also a teacher. Next year is 20 years as a high school math teacher.

I have a Gerbing heated jacket. On high it lasts a couple hours and is just enough to keep me on stand but not hot. It's only 6 or 7 watts though, so nothing powerful. I only use it in archery. I've considered buying more batteries so I can use it longer, but most of my evening hunts are only 2...

I put a little on a cotton ball and put 2 or 3 dabs on the tree above my head then drop the cotton ball on the ground. I rarely even smell it. It was a big discussion on a PA site I'm on.

First year I used turpentine as a cover scent. Very few to almost no deer hated it. Many hung up a little and tested the wind awhile, but most then just did their thing. I won't be out archery hunting without it. I hunt almost exclusively heavily pressured public land.

I see apples and crab apples but I want persimmon and don't see any in stock.

Kubota b7800. Had a b7100 for a few years and it did a lot for a small machine.

Here in NE PA we have lots of big woods and almost no ag. I sent in one of my last three deer and got it aged at 4.5. One other I figured was 3.5 and the other another 4.5. Both 4.5 went right around 110", the 3.5 I didn't measure but would put closer to 95". I've found sheds as big around...

Did you get a frost last week? All the leaves on my persimmon look horrible and lots of my chestnuts look poor as well.

Picked up my bluehill pears this morning. Got advent and harvest. I'll get them in the ground in the next couple days.