On the Nest

My first nest of Chickadees are soon to hatch and as I went to check on them I tried a different approach to viewing the nest. Usually I would slowly open the top of the box, look in, and always the hen would fly off the nest. This time I slowly opened the box slipped the camera over the opening and took a pic without  looking in. This is the pic I got.

Limb grafts

I limb grafted to some Russian seedling apple trees that I had planted 6-8 years ago. This one is doing especially well. I grafted four limbs with Keegan's Crab scion (a late hanging variety from Northern Ireland) and have growth on all four scions.

 

 

 

 

Bluebird Nestlings

All 5 of the Bluebird eggs hatched and their growing like weeds.

Another Chickadee Nest

I have another Chickadee nest in one of my boxes. The hen wasn't too pleased with me snooping around her eggs. :)

Awakening

A number of my apple grafts are "waking up".  With that comes hope that some day I'll be eating a Guyandotte Pippin , Kinnard's Choice, or one of the many other varieties I've grafted this spring.

Front Porch Makeover

 Nothing to do with my Allegheny Mountain Wanderings,  but the wifey wanted them posted and we all know what ever the wifey wants the wifey gets :).

Before

 

After

 

 

 

 Makeover courtesy of the artistic talents of Deb Anderson.

New Additions to the Back40

Four out of five bluebird eggs hatched yesterday.