tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post8881285248132926885..comments2024-03-28T20:02:15.189+00:00Comments on An English Homestead: A good Apple Tree BookKev Alvitihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-80137503398409115372022-01-30T22:18:17.773+00:002022-01-30T22:18:17.773+00:00That's a book I've often thought about rea...That's a book I've often thought about reading. I'm going to add it to my list and make sure I read it this year. I'm currently reading "A Small Farm Future" which is talking about how the future might be smaller farms and more labour involved, but I fear it'll go the other way with a persons hands often never touching what we eat. Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-11489004786673975462022-01-30T18:22:14.456+00:002022-01-30T18:22:14.456+00:00Five Acres and Independence by M.G. Kains first pu...Five Acres and Independence by M.G. Kains first published in 1935 during the depths of the Great Depression. Several chapters on fruit. An excellent handbook for anyone who is interested in sustainability. I learn something new every time I read it. My edition has a 1975 copywrite. "The land. That is where our roots are. The farther we get away from the land, the greater our insecurity. ..... No unemployment insurance can be compared to an alliance between man and a plot of land". Henry Ford A quote from the title page.Peg in Floridahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07950441324845480837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-63905964287348252892022-01-30T08:32:30.058+00:002022-01-30T08:32:30.058+00:00I think that's great! I donated and planted so...I think that's great! I donated and planted some trees to the school with the intention of doing this to the one in the middle. Unfortunately the soil is so poor that the tree has hardly grown at all so need to wait before I do any grafting to it. Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-61606677707390944072022-01-30T06:53:35.604+00:002022-01-30T06:53:35.604+00:00My uncle had an orchard in his back yard with half...My uncle had an orchard in his back yard with half a dozen trees, each had about 6 or 8 varieties grafted on. He was a give-it-a-go grafter and would try buds off any variety his friends and neighbours had that he particularly liked (apples mostly but also pears and plums)Tigger's Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829665785202495073noreply@blogger.com