Well, I spent most of yesterday in the sun down at Prusch Park yesterday. It was the annual Scion cutting/trimming event for the California Rare Fruit Growers. Most of the scion wood at CRFG scion exchanges comes from this event. Not only did we have the entire orchard at Prusch Park to cut scions from, but also two big box trucks of wood. It was great spending all that time in the fig orchard. I'm sad to say, IT-358 was way too small to take any cuttings from. And I didn't see any IT-258 cuttings, but there were some suspiciously labeled "IT-253". I've never heard of an IT-253. Nor have I heard of IT-212, but we took cuttings from it.
So, here's the super good part. Once the wood is out of the orchard, it has to be cut into smaller pieces. I did 90% of the fig scion cutting-up (Everything except Igo and one other fig) and the instructions were to remove side shoots. Basically, anything 6" or less was considered trash. Well, they may consider it trash, but I certainly don't! I stuffed my pockets full of "trash". Thank goodness my sweatshirt had lots of pockets. Next year, I'll bring bags so I can take more "trash" home. One man's trash is another man's treasure! Now i've got some ammo for trading.
And here's the bad part. While cutting up some Mary Lane cuttings, I took a nice bite out of my hand. Wasn't big, but deep enough that I could see the stuff inside my hand moving. I guess it's a good thing I keep my Felcos sharp! Ended up having to spend 2 hours in the ER to get it cleaned and super-glued together. So if you get a piece of Mary Lane wood with blood on it, think of me!
PS: I'm a little sore all over. Arms are sore from working the loppers all morning. Hands are sore from working the pruners all afternoon.
So, here's the super good part. Once the wood is out of the orchard, it has to be cut into smaller pieces. I did 90% of the fig scion cutting-up (Everything except Igo and one other fig) and the instructions were to remove side shoots. Basically, anything 6" or less was considered trash. Well, they may consider it trash, but I certainly don't! I stuffed my pockets full of "trash". Thank goodness my sweatshirt had lots of pockets. Next year, I'll bring bags so I can take more "trash" home. One man's trash is another man's treasure! Now i've got some ammo for trading.
And here's the bad part. While cutting up some Mary Lane cuttings, I took a nice bite out of my hand. Wasn't big, but deep enough that I could see the stuff inside my hand moving. I guess it's a good thing I keep my Felcos sharp! Ended up having to spend 2 hours in the ER to get it cleaned and super-glued together. So if you get a piece of Mary Lane wood with blood on it, think of me!
PS: I'm a little sore all over. Arms are sore from working the loppers all morning. Hands are sore from working the pruners all afternoon.
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