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Trees, we are talking trees here on our farm. Now is the time to plant our fruit trees. There is a Nursery 5 minutes down the road so decided to go and check it out. The staff were really great and I enjoyed talking to them about all I could. The reminder of how little I know or how much I have to learn.

I enrolled in a tree seminar (which turned out to be a pruning seminar) that Friday. I took Rakaipaka with me. It was really great. They have a sculpture garden we walked through and he showed us various fruit trees and gave us lots of advise and information. I really enjoyed it.

The weather of course was being it's unpredictable self, rain sun and well, Hail!!! I had noticed it was on the cool side but when we were huddled under the umbrella in one of the showery times, we noticed the hail. About 5 minutes of it. I am amazed at how much hail we are getting. (more due tomorrow a low of 4 degrees is expected tomorrow.

Here are a few of the 'sculptures' that we saw.

Spider web on the gate

This has HEAPS of Macdonald toys all over it.


I am looking forward to getting into it at home.

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