Hello - well, the weather remains hideous - yes, the snow has gone - but we have flooding on the nursery now - and the drizzle is just about horizontal!
So, we have swapped some of the jobs around - and in between digging orders out of flooded heeling-in beds - we have been doing some propagation. Liz, the Grafting Queen is busy grafting new ornamental trees. She has an incredibly fast rate of progress, and since I collect all the wood for her to graft, I struggle to keep up sometimes! - so far we have done all the Nuts,Crab Apples,Mountain Ash,Beech,Hornbeam and Ornamental Hawthorn.
It still is wonderful that splicing two pieces of wood together can lead to them growing together - and forming a new tree. We will be moving onto grafting fruit trees next week - so if - like a lot of our customers - you have an old frut tree in your garden that is on it's way out - why not bring us some shoots in and we can graft them onto one of the new dwarfing rootstocks for you!
So, saving the tree's genes - we call it our TREE RESCUE SERVICE.
We have also done a whole load of HARDWOOD CUTTINGS of a number of lovely shrubs. We are all familiar with the coloured stems of the Dogwoods - and Willows - and these go very readily from a length of stem pushed into a sandy soil - or grown in a pot. They will soon root in a few months time - and you have a lovely new plant!!
Just out of interest we do run a GRAFTING COURSE - so if you fancy spending a morning at the nursery, learning how to do this ancient art - give the office a ring on 01394 460755 - the course in on Wednesday February 10th - 10.00 - 1.00 - all places MUST be pre-booked.
UNTIL NEXT TIME,
RICHARD
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