Uploaded March 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
FPH: FIRST PERSON HOMESTEADING: Spring Chores via action cam. Grafting fruit trees, Pruning diagonal cordon apple trees, Adding biochar to a garden bed.
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BIOCHAR GRAPH BED (BIOGRAPH?): These are what I would consider best practices. If some are not followed, they could mess up the experiment pretty good, so consider how anything you do could skew the results.Make each different section of the bed 4' long preferably 5' or 6' . I recommend the first bed use the following percentages per section min. 12' long 0% - 5% - 10% Don't ad any fertilizers when digging the bed and use raw, untreated charcoal, crushed up. I like corn kernel size and down, but often use larger Just make sure it's all the same size. Dig the 0% section exactly the same as the others, go thru every motion of digging even sifting in char. You can add a very small amount of woodash to the 0% sect. to compensate for the small amount of ash in the char, but not necessary.
Plant the bed the same all the way from one end to the other in long rows. My favorite- Peas along the S or W edge, lettuce and greens center row, and spinach in front row. I spot plant radish seeds between greens/lettuce plants and spinach. Scallions can be worked in too. You could do something similar with beans along the back in the summer time when its hot. Just make sure the plantings are uniform. I'll alternate, lettuce - bokchoi down bed for instance.
Fertilize a little from the top if you want, but the first year you are likely to see poor growth on the greens as nitrogen will be sapped out of the soil by the charcoal. That is interesting in itself and useful to observe in real life. Over time, this effect should correct itself and may only last for a season. Just keep planting the bed in long rows of the same thing and fertilize it all the same way every time, so that the results will always represent the bed's growing ability.
APPLES I'M LOOKING FOR: MANY OF THESE ARE RARE OR LOST, BUT HEY, HERE THEY ARE ANYWAY. I'M ALSO LOOKING FOR VERY LATE HANGING APPLES THAT HAVE QUALITY FRUIT INTO MID AND LATE WINTER OR ESPECIALLY SPRING, VERY FLAVORFUL DESSERT CRABS, APPLES WITH VERY UNUSUAL AND UNIQUE (AND GOOD!) FLAVORS AND OUTSTANDING RUSSETS. I DON'T WANT VARIETIES OR SEEDLINGS THAT ARE NOT EXCEPTIONAL IN SOME WAY. I HAVE WAY TOO MANY APPLES ALREADY, I JUST WANT THE BEST AND MOST PROMISING BREEDING STOCK AND FRUITS.
Vandevere of new york (aka newton spitzenbug or ox eye), Excelsior crab (PROBABLY LOST), Sundowner, AMERICAN BEAUTY, Pound Royal Holland pippin, Tentation (delbush), EcklinvilleNy 652, Lady Alice (unsure of patent status), Edith Pippin, Essex Pippin, Mignonne D’Hiver, Jacquin, Anna Boelen's, Golden ball, Bourassa, Whitney Russet, Fall Harvey, Egyptian or Bagby Russet, Columbian russet, Neversink, English russet, Hartford Sweeting, Tewksbury winter blush (probably lost), Superb, Atalanta, Ambersol, Broughton, Fall Wine, Golden Hornet, Siberian harvey, Golden Knob, Golden Nonpareil, Golden Pippin, Hidden Rose (aka Arlie Red Flesh), Holbert’s, Victoria, Hughes’s Golden Pippin, Hyde, James, Grieve, John Downie, Keddleston Pippin, Keeping Russet, Keepsake, Lady Sudely, Lane’s Large, Yellow Bough, Loan’s Pearmain, Lodgemore Nonpareil, Long Island Russet, London pippin, Luscombe’s Pineapple (luscombe’s pine), Maclean’s Favourite, Maiden Blush, Margaret, Mickelham Pearmain, Mignonne, Morris’s Nonpareil Russet, Morris’s Russet, Mrs. Wark, Nanny, New rock Pippin, Newark Pippin, Newton Wonder, Norfolk Royal Russet, Northern Greening, Ord'sOslin (Orgione), Osterley Pippin, Pack Horse, Pennington’s Seedling, Pineapple russet, Pink Pearmain, Pink Sparkle, Pinner, Poppy’s Wonder, Powells Russet, Prince Albert, Rainette Diel, Rainette Franche, Red Ingestrie, Red Streak, Reinette De BredaReinette, GrisReinette, Van Monsreinette Verte, Pearmain, Robinson’s Pippin, Ronald’s, roundway, magnum bonum, Rubinette Rosso, Rusbock Russet, Beauty Russet, Table Pearmain, Sack and wine, Saint Cecilia, Sandringham, Scarlet Golden Pippin, Scarlet Nonpareil, Scarlet Pearmain, Shakespear, Sherry, Siegende Reinette, Siely, Signe Tilisch, Skyehouse Russet, Spice, Spokane Beauty, Stoke, Stone’s Seedling, Strawberry Parfait, Summer Golden Pippin, Summer Rambo, Sundowner, Sunset, Surprise, Swazie Swazya, Taunton Golden Pippin,Tom Putt, Topaz, Twinings Pippin, Uellner’s Golden Reinette, Wan Stall, Washington, Whitney Crab, Whorle Pippin, Wine, Worcester Pearmain, Christmas Pearmain, Saratoga, Westchester
FPH: FIRST PERSON HOMESTEADING: Spring Chores via action cam. Grafting fruit trees, Pruning diagonal cordon apple trees, Adding biochar to a garden bed.
VICTORINOX FLORIST KNIFE: amzn.to/2TsspBCBuy less, but buy it through my Amazon Affiliate links! Shopping through my Amazon links generates revenue for me, at no extra cost to you: Amazon Store: skillcult.com/amazon-store
BIOCHAR GRAPH BED (BIOGRAPH?): These are what I would consider best practices. If some are not followed, they could mess up the experiment pretty good, so consider how anything you do could skew the results.Make each different section of the bed 4' long preferably 5' or 6' . I recommend the first bed use the following percentages per section min. 12' long 0% - 5% - 10% Don't ad any fertilizers when digging the bed and use raw, untreated charcoal, crushed up. I like corn kernel size and down, but often use larger Just make sure it's all the same size. Dig the 0% section exactly the same as the others, go thru every motion of digging even sifting in char. You can add a very small amount of woodash to the 0% sect. to compensate for the small amount of ash in the char, but not necessary.
Plant the bed the same all the way from one end to the other in long rows. My favorite- Peas along the S or W edge, lettuce and greens center row, and spinach in front row. I spot plant radish seeds between greens/lettuce plants and spinach. Scallions can be worked in too. You could do something similar with beans along the back in the summer time when its hot. Just make sure the plantings are uniform. I'll alternate, lettuce - bokchoi down bed for instance.
Fertilize a little from the top if you want, but the first year you are likely to see poor growth on the greens as nitrogen will be sapped out of the soil by the charcoal. That is interesting in itself and useful to observe in real life. Over time, this effect should correct itself and may only last for a season. Just keep planting the bed in long rows of the same thing and fertilize it all the same way every time, so that the results will always represent the bed's growing ability.
APPLES I'M LOOKING FOR: MANY OF THESE ARE RARE OR LOST, BUT HEY, HERE THEY ARE ANYWAY. I'M ALSO LOOKING FOR VERY LATE HANGING APPLES THAT HAVE QUALITY FRUIT INTO MID AND LATE WINTER OR ESPECIALLY SPRING, VERY FLAVORFUL DESSERT CRABS, APPLES WITH VERY UNUSUAL AND UNIQUE (AND GOOD!) FLAVORS AND OUTSTANDING RUSSETS. I DON'T WANT VARIETIES OR SEEDLINGS THAT ARE NOT EXCEPTIONAL IN SOME WAY. I HAVE WAY TOO MANY APPLES ALREADY, I JUST WANT THE BEST AND MOST PROMISING BREEDING STOCK AND FRUITS.
Vandevere of new york (aka newton spitzenbug or ox eye), Excelsior crab (PROBABLY LOST), Sundowner, AMERICAN BEAUTY, Pound Royal Holland pippin, Tentation (delbush), EcklinvilleNy 652, Lady Alice (unsure of patent status), Edith Pippin, Essex Pippin, Mignonne D’Hiver, Jacquin, Anna Boelen's, Golden ball, Bourassa, Whitney Russet, Fall Harvey, Egyptian or Bagby Russet, Columbian russet, Neversink, English russet, Hartford Sweeting, Tewksbury winter blush (probably lost), Superb, Atalanta, Ambersol, Broughton, Fall Wine, Golden Hornet, Siberian harvey, Golden Knob, Golden Nonpareil, Golden Pippin, Hidden Rose (aka Arlie Red Flesh), Holbert’s, Victoria, Hughes’s Golden Pippin, Hyde, James, Grieve, John Downie, Keddleston Pippin, Keeping Russet, Keepsake, Lady Sudely, Lane’s Large, Yellow Bough, Loan’s Pearmain, Lodgemore Nonpareil, Long Island Russet, London pippin, Luscombe’s Pineapple (luscombe’s pine), Maclean’s Favourite, Maiden Blush, Margaret, Mickelham Pearmain, Mignonne, Morris’s Nonpareil Russet, Morris’s Russet, Mrs. Wark, Nanny, New rock Pippin, Newark Pippin, Newton Wonder, Norfolk Royal Russet, Northern Greening, Ord'sOslin (Orgione), Osterley Pippin, Pack Horse, Pennington’s Seedling, Pineapple russet, Pink Pearmain, Pink Sparkle, Pinner, Poppy’s Wonder, Powells Russet, Prince Albert, Rainette Diel, Rainette Franche, Red Ingestrie, Red Streak, Reinette De BredaReinette, GrisReinette, Van Monsreinette Verte, Pearmain, Robinson’s Pippin, Ronald’s, roundway, magnum bonum, Rubinette Rosso, Rusbock Russet, Beauty Russet, Table Pearmain, Sack and wine, Saint Cecilia, Sandringham, Scarlet Golden Pippin, Scarlet Nonpareil, Scarlet Pearmain, Shakespear, Sherry, Siegende Reinette, Siely, Signe Tilisch, Skyehouse Russet, Spice, Spokane Beauty, Stoke, Stone’s Seedling, Strawberry Parfait, Summer Golden Pippin, Summer Rambo, Sundowner, Sunset, Surprise, Swazie Swazya, Taunton Golden Pippin,Tom Putt, Topaz, Twinings Pippin, Uellner’s Golden Reinette, Wan Stall, Washington, Whitney Crab, Whorle Pippin, Wine, Worcester Pearmain, Christmas Pearmain, Saratoga, Westchester
