Bees in the Gravenstein apples and the Brooks plum. Looked like maybe a few migratory bees around today. Pear orchards are blooming and the cherries are just starting to.

The Comice pear has open blooms and the Spitzenburg apple tree that's on it's own roots is showing some pink.

One Jonathan apple blossom open. It's on the 1 out of 4 branches/leaders of a Gravenstein tree. I guess some of the early Gravenstein bloom will be pollinated.

Our Apple Tree is finally budding, so visitors of all sorts are showing up to explore the new growth.

The first blossoms are open on the Gravenstein apple trees.

Under The Apple Tree is a stop-motion horror-comedy. Available on
https://erikvanschaaik.com/projects/under-the-apple-tree/

Gravenstein scion wood from 2024 that's been in the refrigerator. I saw a forum post mentioning they had some old scion wood that was callused up so I went and looked at mine and some of it was callused up so I stuck it in some water and put a bag over it the other day. It was already leafed out and I didn't expect those to turn green but they did. Wait and see if the callus grows roots.

Spring is in the air....

Fr/En

De l'arbre ou bien du fruit
Lequel vint en premier ?
Le printemps sans un bruit
Fait fleurir les pommiers

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Is it fruit or tree
Which came first on earth?
Soft spring secretly
Gives appletree birth

Marlène Thibaudault

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#poésie #poesie #poetry #pomme #printemps #pommier #spring #appletree #apple #photo #nature #mastoart #mastophoto #photography

Remember those branches from my apple tree, that I put in a vase after pruning? I have apple blossom now!

Last week I did some pruning in my garden. I removed these branches from my apple tree, and was tipped by a colleague to put them in a vase. They're developing green tips! So, hopefully, I will also see some apple blossom later on

This is btw how I learn to cut young apple trees, left: before the cut, right: after the cut. It took me ~14 hours (note I'm still in the early days of learning the cut) on that tree. This is an Oeschberg tree (well, a transition tree towards an Oeschberg crown). I can recommend doing a tree warden apprenticeship with lots of practice, that's how you learn. For the German speakers https://www.obstbaumschnittschule.de/ is highly recommended. #treewarden #oeschberg #tree #appletree

The apple tree provides nutritious yummy snacks for the Whitetail deer in our neighborhood. #whitetail. #appletree. #nature. #wildlife.