Daniel's Pacific NW Garden

 During late winter, I did a grafting project to create the mini-trees for what will be my mini-orchard.  This is part of my plan to be able...

The vast majority grafts this Spring worked fine.  The apple - on  - apple were all successes, except for Pristine on Geveva 222.  Pears o...

These are the apple varieties that I grafted onto either Bud-9 or Geneva-222 highly dwarfing rootstocks.  Most are on Bud-9 but I tried to u...

Most of the apple trees that I grafted this winter are here, on north side of a raised bed.  5.11.2020  This year I wanted to create a m...

Columnar Apple Grafts on Bud-9 Rootstock.  5.27.19 Some of the new fruit grafts were quite stressed by recent hot weather.  They were no...

First Growth, Northpole Apple on Bud-9 Rootstock.  4.17.19 First Growth, Northpole Apple on Bud-9 Rootstock.  4.17.19 This is the u...

Whip/Tongue Graft of Beauty Plum.  4.7.19 Whip/Tongue Graft of Black Ice Plum.  4.7.19  So far, almost all of the grafts are lookin...

Quince Graft.  3.28.19 It's still chilly.  In fact, there was a slight freeze, ice on fence although thermometer registered 34F.  Re...

This is the first step of wrapping the graft with plastic strip.  Knot tied. The strip is flattened, wrapped tightly up, then down, an...

 It was a somewhat chilly and drizzly day.  I had a packet of scion from Fedco.  Earlier this Spring, I didn't have much chance to col...

Variegated Plum Seedling, Graft.  3.30.17 So far, most of the grafts look OK.  None have dried out and none look dead. The pictured gr...

New Pear Grafts.  2.19.17 Healed plum whip and tongue graft at one year, done in 2015 It seems seems early, but with buds already sw...