http://turkeysong.wordpress.com Experiments and stuff Sun, 19 May 2013 13:56:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://0.gravatar.com/blavatar/0244574fdab9574761b5f73049d9dad5?s=96&d=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.png http://turkeysong.wordpress.com http://turkeysong.wordpress.com/2013/04/11/apple-breeding-part-3-getting-from-seed-to-fruit/ http://turkeysong.wordpress.com/2013/04/11/apple-breeding-part-3-getting-from-seed-to-fruit/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:24:26 +0000 Stevene http://turkeysong.wordpress.com/?p=807 ]]> http://turkeysong.wordpress.com/2013/04/11/apple-breeding-part-3-getting-from-seed-to-fruit/feed/ 6 turkeysong lady williams seeds header apple seeds in flat These are on the young side for transplanting. These seedlings are a little too big for transplanting. They would have done Ok regardless if I had taken better care of them, or put them into pots instead of in the ground. Better to transplant before they are crowded and when they only have a few leaves. A basket of red fleshed apple seedling scions headed for dwarfing rootstocks. Shaded nursery bed of seedlings on bud 9 and Geneva 11 dwarfing stocks. If all goes well these will be ready for permanent planting in rows on a trellis by next winter/spring. Note that I grafted the scions long. Not sure that was a good idea yet, but I suppose I'll find out... http://turkeysong.wordpress.com/2013/04/05/apple-breeding-part-2-doin-it-2/ http://turkeysong.wordpress.com/2013/04/05/apple-breeding-part-2-doin-it-2/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 18:50:13 +0000 Stevene http://turkeysong.wordpress.com/?p=783 ]]> http://turkeysong.wordpress.com/2013/04/05/apple-breeding-part-2-doin-it-2/feed/ 15 turkeysong applebreeding header steven More... Nigel's special emasculating scissors. Read about nigels methods on his extensive website. Balloon stage. collecting pollen. The anthers are snipped off and allowed to dry in a small jar. Carefully pinch away the flower petals. Carefully trim away all the Anthers along the outside edge of the rim, leaving the five "girl parts" in the center. Pollen on grass blade ready to do it. Pollinating the Stigma. Very little pollen is required, and no foreplay. Pollen on stigma A Newton Pippin pollinated with Albert Etter's Grenadine® http://turkeysong.wordpress.com/2013/04/03/apple-breeding-part-1-everyone-knows-you-cant-do-it-right/ http://turkeysong.wordpress.com/2013/04/03/apple-breeding-part-1-everyone-knows-you-cant-do-it-right/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 03:48:05 +0000 Stevene http://turkeysong.wordpress.com/?p=765 ]]> http://turkeysong.wordpress.com/2013/04/03/apple-breeding-part-1-everyone-knows-you-cant-do-it-right/feed/ 14 turkeysong applebreeding header Cortland. The only apple I know of from the Geneva experiment that has stood the test of time. Egremont Russet Apple grenadine apple on tree King David. I great example of good genes waiting to be built upon. http://turkeysong.wordpress.com/2013/03/03/understanding-forms-of-lime/ http://turkeysong.wordpress.com/2013/03/03/understanding-forms-of-lime/#comments Sun, 03 Mar 2013 17:09:01 +0000 Stevene http://turkeysong.wordpress.com/?p=729 ]]> http://turkeysong.wordpress.com/2013/03/03/understanding-forms-of-lime/feed/ 0 turkeysong burning shells light http://turkeysong.wordpress.com/2013/03/02/from-old-nonpareil-to-lady-williams-apple-tasting-notes-late-season-20122013/ http://turkeysong.wordpress.com/2013/03/02/from-old-nonpareil-to-lady-williams-apple-tasting-notes-late-season-20122013/#comments Sun, 03 Mar 2013 04:48:39 +0000 Stevene http://turkeysong.wordpress.com/?p=705 ]]> http://turkeysong.wordpress.com/2013/03/02/from-old-nonpareil-to-lady-williams-apple-tasting-notes-late-season-20122013/feed/ 2 turkeysong Line of apples Grenadine. Probably the reddest of the Etter red fleshed apples, and possibly the most intensely flavored. As you can see the juice is red as well, and very delicious. Ruby is very red inside and as delicious as it looks. Thanks Albert. Becca's Crab. Tasty if a little crabby. The Venerable Newton Pippin. A thorough review of the literature would probably show this to be the most praised American apple. It was still common in grocery stores when I was a kid, but only in a green and very tart state, much Like Granny Smith today. Hauer Pippin Ripens very late and is reported to keep very well, though mine went mealy pretty fast... maybe I need to pick them sooner. http://turkeysong.wordpress.com/2013/01/22/turkeysong-the-year-in-chickens-2012/ http://turkeysong.wordpress.com/2013/01/22/turkeysong-the-year-in-chickens-2012/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:38:36 +0000 Stevene http://turkeysong.wordpress.com/?p=674 ]]> http://turkeysong.wordpress.com/2013/01/22/turkeysong-the-year-in-chickens-2012/feed/ 7 turkeysong How many speckled sussex? tonia with a Speckled Sussex. Speckled Sussex Chick. baby Buckeye chicken. Buckeyes are a very rare heritage breed that we are trying out here. They are alleged to be good foragers, curious and are supposed to emit a dinosaur like raor Buffy the Bug Slayer being narcissistic? tonia and buffy, the biggest and the smallest TLA... tonia is a sebright bantam and Buffy was a Buff Orpington. Buffy and tonia's eggs begin hatching... hatching seabuffs. Checking out a new sibling. tonia giving the warning fluff. awww, too cute to leave out. Speckled Sussi growing up. Rondo makes the cut as new head rooster. Still hoping he develops more personality though... Buffy wears a bra. He somehow got bra over his head while sticking it somewhere it didn't belong. We had to rescue him because he was running around terrified. Or was that just a ruse? Not amused. It used to be quiet around here. http://turkeysong.wordpress.com/2013/01/21/turkeysong-the-year-in-pictures/ http://turkeysong.wordpress.com/2013/01/21/turkeysong-the-year-in-pictures/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:12:43 +0000 Stevene http://turkeysong.wordpress.com/?p=616 ]]> http://turkeysong.wordpress.com/2013/01/21/turkeysong-the-year-in-pictures/feed/ 18 turkeysong Sunrise on Dec 22 Solstice 2011 The real start of the new year Solstice goat roast 2011 "the pet" a temporary lime kiln made of clay and straw on a brick base. We fired this about 6 times or so before it fell apart. Working on the slate roof of the cottage on a sunny winter's day. Heart shape grafted apple trees. These two actually died, but I know it can work because I've done it before. One heart shaped apple tree is growing along the driveway. Apple seedlings. Part of our first year's apple breeding experiments. Candy cap mushrooms. They smell and taste of maple syrup after drying. Mixed Daffodils. We had thousands in 2012 of many kinds Pollinating apple blossoms for our amateur breeding program. Peeling tanoak bark for tanning skins tanoak bark Student oiling and smoothing tanoak goat leather in our class at Buckeye gathering in Sonoma County California. Cherries and Black caps, yum. daffodil seeds, full of promise. baby daffodil bulbs headed for the open ground. potato onion seeds, within which new varieties may lurk. Gravenstein... (que angels singing) hybrid amaryllis apples at the market At the farmer's market Onion braid for market squash trials... details at 11:00 saffron harvest. shitake mushrooms on 5 year old log drying italian or french prunes, depending on who you ask. They grow on a lot of the old homesteads around here and are super good whatever they are. rubaiyat Apples awaiting taste testing. Hopi Pink A section of old fence about to be taken down. This fence style of closely spaced grape stakes is a local style evolved around access to abundant redwood. We plan to rebuild a section of this style fence with the pickets that are still good enough to reuse. They are probably 80 to 125 years old and maybe 50% are re-usable. http://turkeysong.wordpress.com/2012/11/05/check-out-the-new-paleotechnics-blog/ http://turkeysong.wordpress.com/2012/11/05/check-out-the-new-paleotechnics-blog/#comments Mon, 05 Nov 2012 16:34:25 +0000 Stevene http://turkeysong.wordpress.com/?p=590 ]]> http://turkeysong.wordpress.com/2012/11/05/check-out-the-new-paleotechnics-blog/feed/ 3 turkeysong baynut face for paleotechnics blog on turkeysong http://turkeysong.wordpress.com/2012/10/29/red-astrachan-to-king-david-apple-tasting-impressions-summerfall-2012/ http://turkeysong.wordpress.com/2012/10/29/red-astrachan-to-king-david-apple-tasting-impressions-summerfall-2012/#comments Tue, 30 Oct 2012 04:25:23 +0000 Stevene http://turkeysong.wordpress.com/?p=567 ]]> http://turkeysong.wordpress.com/2012/10/29/red-astrachan-to-king-david-apple-tasting-impressions-summerfall-2012/feed/ 3 turkeysong King David Apples At Farmer's Market Sunrise apple Gravenstein Apple Golden Nugget Apple Cherry Cox Apple at Farmer's Market Freyburg Apple Egremont Russet Apple Chestnut Crab Apples Not Laxton's Fortune Suntan Apple Close up King David Apple http://turkeysong.wordpress.com/2012/10/16/fruits-of-labor-adventures-in-pomeography/ http://turkeysong.wordpress.com/2012/10/16/fruits-of-labor-adventures-in-pomeography/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:34:13 +0000 Stevene http://turkeysong.wordpress.com/?p=538 ]]> http://turkeysong.wordpress.com/2012/10/16/fruits-of-labor-adventures-in-pomeography/feed/ 16 turkeysong golden nugget copy nursery row first year driveway trees tamra planting a peach apple flower apple fruitlets hauer then and now fledgling frankentree Apples on frank edward's winter apples go to market steven mulching