After yesterday's post on the weather I have thought about seasons. Despite experiencing the coldest day in 6 years yesterday it is clear that spring is coming. The deciduous trees are showing the change of colour that indicates that flowers and new leaves are not far off (budswell). The birds are calling for mates getting ready for spring. there is a feeling in the ground of quietness just before the plants take off. I know that there are jobs that have to be done to make sure I am ahead of that burst of growth that will come when the weather warms up that little bit. I know that grass will explode and I will have to mow (we have not yet changed all the lawn into garden but that will come). The weeds are getting ready to take off, I can just feel that suppressed energy.
But Elaine Ingram has the answer to that, I was pleased to find out.
Today we went to a grafting workshop in Warragul, thanks to the
West Gippsland Permaculture Group and we grafted a
Cox's Orange Pippin onto a
MM106 rootstock.
As well as learning to graft and actually doing a graft we were able to take some cuttings on offer. This afternoon I planted Chilean Guava, red currant, gooseberry, oca, pepino, jostaberry and a boysenberry. Some books I must look up at the library are
The Complete Book of Fruit Growing in Australia,
Growing Fruit in Australia, and
The Apple Book. I was also pleased to learn about some forums where I could learn more:
Daley's Fruit Tree Forum and
Fruits, Rare Fruits, Orchards and Exotics at Cloud Forest Cafe.
This afternoon we weeded and mulched the garlic after planting the tree and the cuttings. The weather was cold yet sunny with very mild wind.
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