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Sep 10, 2026 · Berries & Currantslaxton's number 1, and old red currant cultivar. a few fruit were hanging on in early sept.Read field note →
Sep 9, 2026 · Seeds & Stratificationhackberry just has a thin coat like a candy shell over a large seed, not very filling but an interesting snack to nibble the sweet coat off a handful of seeds. the trees get tall and most of the fruit is far too high up to pick, but this tree had a few low branches. dark brown to black when ripe.Read field note →+2
Sep 8, 2026 · Field Notejagged ambush bug, an insect I haven't seen before. the hooked front legs are like a mantis.Read field note →+1
Sep 8, 2026 · Seeds & Stratificationmayapple (likely Podophyllum hexandrum) an interesting himalayan plant that grows these soft pods. it's an herbaceous perennial that seems to defy it's zone 5 rating, growing well in zone 3 southern MB in a sheltered location, likely just because of enough snow cover but a well established patch that's seen plenty of our winters, which often don't have much snow cover when the cold weather hits. So this grows a bit like other forest perennials, like wild sarsaparilla it's a low broad leafy plant. the outer part of the pods are supposed to edible, but I didn't try these ones while I was cleaning the seed. the pods break open to expose pea sized seeds in a very pulpy clingy interior. I'll glow a set in the nursery next spring, and should have enough to share some on our seed shop.Read field note →+2
Sep 8, 2026 · Apples & Crabapplespalmetta apples, a few left on this tree are making a food source for the wasps. I'm fine with the wasps if they keep some distance, they're very attracted to sugar and over ripe fruit, and they have this cool way of hollowing out an apple. it's only a few fruit so I chalk it up to food for wildlife, and I think it's only the fruit that were overripe. I haven't needed to spray any of our fruit trees yet, but I understand that it may be needed eventually depending on the pests to keep everything healthy, we have bee hives on our property and plenty of wild pollinators, and we aren't a commercial orchard, a few spots on the apples are ok just give me the bees.. there's a song about that rightRead field note →+1
Sep 8, 2026 · Grafting Worksweet mountain ash, finally got to try them. this is a selection with larger fruit, and my review is that they've good - you can eat them fresh off the tree and they're crisp, a mild flavour between apple and something maybe pomegranate, the skin is mild, no sort of astringency you would expect from berries that are usually left for the birds. actually good and interesting, a novelty. here I grafted some onto saskatoon a few years ago and the graft is about six ft tall, an interesting graft compatibility.Read field note →+4
Sep 8, 2026 · Apples & Crabapplesseptember ruby apple is my favorite this fall, it's medium sized and crisp and sweet in the first week of September. the extra cold hardiness to zone 2 means the trees rarely have any winter damage. the smalller apples are nice snark walking byRead field note →+3
Sep 8, 2026 · Plum & Cherry Hybridscanada plum, toka, waneta. that's 3 species, well the center is a hybrid. Prunus nigra, Prunus americana x P. simonii, Prunus salicinaRead field note →
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