It has been quite a while since I told you about our “Project Appleseed.” Well we ran into a little trouble. We ordered the pines on September 15th as promised, but our trees did not like us. We tried to plant them in a pot so that we could plant them in the ground later. Well they did not take to well to the pot… and I am afraid that they are no more. 

We tried our hardest to keep them from death, but they did not take to well to CPR. I mean I do not even know where to breathe. On top of that every time you try to do chest compressions you just get pine needles in your hand. Not all that fun. 

But as a side project I had been trying to create the actual namesake for “Project Appleseed.” I was working in secret to create some apple trees from scratch. Yep, I planted some seeds and now they are getting along pretty well. I started them out in the classic black plastic nine hole pot type thing that you get when you buy your flowers for your garden and now I transplanted them into real pots. Soon they will be able to hold their own and I will plant them outside. “Project Appleseed” will live on. 

The two different apple trees that I have growing were planted from one Fuji seed and one Breburn. They were stubborn little seeds though. It took about 6 seeds to get two trees. I have been also trying to get some Concord Grape seeds to grow also with no luck. 

So to clarify, we are still working on “Project Appleseed” but we had a minor setback and we will be continuing the project soon. I need to get the apple trees to a state that they will be all right on their own and also wait for the weather to get a little warmer. Michigan is pretty cold as of late, currently 23 degrees fahrenheit. 

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