WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE FOREST Getting ready to launch CFA’s first prescribed burn in Delaware County now that the Burn Plan has been approved by NYS DEC. Been testing out–with CFA’s Staff–our new fire suppression equipment. As soon as the weather gives us a window in mid-April, we’ll beContinue Reading
WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE FOREST How cool is this apple tree? This fallen tree was grafted 6 years ago with 3 different varieties. One graft–which was the size of a pencil when it was installed–was large enough to climb into. The largest is a ‘snow’ apple. Despite the parentContinue Reading
WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE FOREST I guess early spring has arrived. One of the weirdest or more interesting displays of courtship are seen–or rather heard–by this small guy. The American woodcock is one snowbird that overwinters near the Gulf coast. It normally returns in March to access food sourcesContinue Reading
WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE FOREST Pruned the grafted apple tree at CFA’s old office in Arkville today. It was grafted in 2014 where the cuttings or scion wood were the size of pencils. Kind of cool to be able to literally climb into this tree and prune it out.Continue Reading
WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE FOREST I was going through my maple photo archives the other day and came across this one. It shows me pouring a bunch of sap on a “big run” day during the 2010 maple season. This was also the day that dumped a record 3Continue Reading