Nick Routledge@nick_routledge
Here, yesterday, grafting fruit trees by the score @AgrarianSharing's fourth spring propagation fair of the season, in Eugene, OR. Next Sunday, we'll be in Corvallis, a favorite venue among dear friends and cohorts at the heart of Oregon's agrobiodiversity stewardship community.
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Moi, bench grafting fruit trees.
Nick Routledge@nick_routledge · 7 Mar 2025
S'all in the minute particulars. Plant propagators rely upon an array of challenge-specific techniques. Here, late night practice of the 'Z-graft' to deepen my toolset prior to a wave of propagation fairs. A shy, slow learner, I'm always thankful when the muscle memory kicks in.
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Photograph of a desk, top-lit, littered with grafting tools, scion-scraps, and a pile of practice-grafts distinctively wedding different diameter wood.