This week in Umbria
When I stepped out of my door last week, I saw my first bird visitor of the spring. She belongs to a flock that can break out any time of the year, but no one ever does until they feel spring coming. I decided that it seemed like time to get out and see where spring might be hiding on the only sunny day.
That looks sort of springy, but if we take a closer look…
there’s snow in the wood across the river. And here is the evidence of the flood I didn’t see during the hard rains. That affected area is about 40 feet by 100 feet! If it had frozen it would have been a nice skating rink. No, I take that back. Skating rinks are not nice, they’re cold.
I don’t know what Ivano has grafted to these apple trees, but it sure isn’t apples.
We don’t yet have any chicks, ducklings, cubs or kittens, but Alberta does. So maybe you have to look for spring at her farm?
It looks to me like your apple tree has mistletoe on it. Google mistletoe and compare the images to what you have.
That was my first thought, but it is really and professionally grafted and I think mistletoe is a parasite which one would not graft on. This is also much bigger than any mistletoe I’ve ever seen, although I’ve only seen wjhat you can buy in shops…?
Hmm. Our apple tree always something kinda funky on it , as well. :-)
Do you grow mela Annurca? I love, love that apple to distraction, but they don’t keep at alll.
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