Fireblight

By Seymour Mills I would like to offer something for the Fireblight that is very cheap to try and I think it will work. I’m pretty sure that is what I had to deal with. Mix a heavy solution of garden lime in water and scrub loose any diseased looking area and paint on the…

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Homemade EarthBoxes

At the January meeting I showed members how to construct a self watering planter similar to those sold under the name EarthBox™.  Here is the information from the website I learned the technique from, as well as photos from the January meeting.  (Edited from www.josho.com/Earthbox.htm) Here’s how to make a homemade EarthBox™ in about 15…

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Did you know …?

You can make sturdy, homemade tree tags out of soda cans.  Member Eldon DeKay cuts the top and bottom off the can and slices it open to flatten out the metal.  He then uses tin snips to make a three inch tab on one end and to round out the sharp corners.  Make two slits…

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A Dozen Things to Do Before Snowfall

A Dozen Things to Do Before Snowfall Clean up leaves and fallen fruit to prevent disease and pests from over wintering. Remove diseased wood from trees and other plants. Wrap trees to protect against sunscald and rodent damage. Put up fencing or other means to protect fruit trees from moose. Send in soil samples for testing. …

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MINIMIZING ORCHARD DAMAGE CAUSED BY ICE STORMS

  by Dwight Bradley   The recent ice storm that devastated parts of Quebec and New England was the worst in living memory. Ice storms in that part of the world are fairly common between October and April when the all above a warm front is above freezing, and the air below it is below…

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