{"id":1351,"date":"2021-04-11T21:45:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T02:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rollingonone.com\/blog\/?p=1351"},"modified":"2021-04-26T21:50:19","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T02:50:19","slug":"sunday-apr-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rollingonone.com\/blog\/?p=1351","title":{"rendered":"Pick and Shovel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I dug the last two holes for the five hazel trees that I have to plant. One of them had several stones that just don’t look natural; they have square corners and flat sides that look as though someone dressed them for building with. It felt as though I was digging up part of a foundation, but I didn’t go far enough to see if the stones were in a line. A couple of years ago I bought a smallish, light but strong pick-mattock. The pick seems to be able to find the edge of rocks and get around them in a way that a shovel can’t. I have been finding it much easier to dig holes in what passes for ground in Maine with it than just with a shovel; the pick loosens the material, including rocks, and then I can shovel the loose material out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There are a lot of flowers on the wild hazel bushes that we first found two autumns ago. These are inconspicuous flowers, maybe half an inch across.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I planted the five hazels, putting half a bag of the compost we got at Smedberg’s the previous day in each hole. I hope it’s not too strong for the plants, but I think they can use better soil than is out there in the woods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I grafted a three more apple trees, bringing total to nine. The roots are sitting in wet newspaper for the time being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I dug the last two holes for the five hazel trees that I have to plant. One of them had several stones that just don’t look natural; they have square corners and flat sides that look as though someone dressed them for building with. It felt as though I was digging up part of a … <\/p>\n

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