....you could, i suppose. blame me for continuing to post when not a lot is going on...then again i'm doing the apple trees precisiely because there's not alot of anything else to do at the moment...there's about a foot-and-a-half of snow in my backyard...the beds are buried...and my storage experiment is in obvious need of a substantial adjustment...an embarassment i know...but i am learning as i go so bear with me...there is research going on into that and i wll be writing more about my thoughts on how to make next year's harvest of jerusalem artichokes more readily accessable through the winter as the thoughts and information coalesce into a plan...meanwhile there are a dozen apple trees in various stages of development under the light ( the original two are no longer unfortunately...these are sprouted form apples grown in michigan and i am hopeful of a better success rate)...the first photo is of one that hasn't fully ejected its seedcase yet...it is greening up nicely and will free itself soon enough...the second photo is of a seedling that escaped form its case yesterday and is preparing to turn towards the light and open ( i know this is self-evident...pardon my geekieness at it all)...and the last photo is of a tree that has been loose for a week...i have more seeds but i have not started the germinating process yet because 1) i want to see how this set does and, 2) there is a dearth of room for any more plants right now and i will be starting tomatoes at the end of this month...unless i scrounge up a third table, more apple trees will have to wait...it's winter and everything is out of season...be patient please...more variety in plants and subject matter ( storage, water use, erosion, photos of seedling corn to compare morphology with teosinte, the official opening of the garden on campus for its second season, winter wheat, spring wheat, wheat grass, gamagrass, yams, etc.) is forthcoming as it finds its time.
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