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Tracking Orchard May 28, 2013
First 970 plants were planted on May 25. Here is the orchard today, May 28, 2013. It has been clear and sunny in the daytime, with temperatures of 20C (68F) in the daytime, and 9C (48 F) in the nightime. … Continue reading
And so it BEE-gins!
On Friday, May 24, we picked up the first 970 /10,000 of Haskap dormant plugs from Haskap Central Sales Ltd close to Prince Albert SK. They were packed in boxes of 120, with bundles of 5 wrapped in cellophane, and … Continue reading
Coldest spring in over a hundred years
Well it is official, longest and coldest in almost forever. Still over a foot of snow in the field and at least a week before we may get above 5 Celsius. I got a 500 gallon tank/trailer with hydraulic water … Continue reading
My Transplanter for the Haskap plants just arrived and Tractor ordered
My transplanter from EasternFarmMachinery has just arrived. I chose the model 1000-B3 because of its ability to put lots of plants into the ground at any spacing from 4″ to 96″ in 4″ increments, this along with the built-in watering … Continue reading
Comparing prices
Got one price so far for the equipment. Talking to friends, they are going to talk to the dealers they work with to see what price I can get. Love the shopping part. Got lots of fence posts on the … Continue reading
Picking out a tractor and sourcing deer fencing
I am looking at getting the New Holland 8N tractor, 51hp machine that can go really slow. Some of the attachments include a backhoe, mower and bucket with a grapple. Should be several weeks until it arrives. Also getting a … Continue reading
Getting the posts for my fence
Started collecting my fence posts. So far we have about 75 pieces of 10 foot, 150 schedule metal pipes. I recently got a used trailer and it was a hard trip home. Ended up getting four new tires and now … Continue reading
What tractor to get?
I have been looking at tractors for the last month and I found one on the way home from work the other day with all the features I think I will need. A small diesel engine and 4WD should also … Continue reading
Let the Grand Adventure Begin
Well we are about to begin our new adventure on our farm. We are going to open an orchard to grow Haskap. Haskap is a somewhat new berry to Canada as an orchard plant. It is found in the wild … Continue reading