meanwhile at Ravenna ...

Here's a pic of one of my apple trees. It's the Spitzenburg variety I'd mentioned earlier. I know it doesn't look so nice cramped up in chicken wire, but there are so many deer up there and young fruit trees are a delicacy for them. I'm also trying to encourage it to grow up, rather than out, so it will be less vulnerable to the varments later on.
And here are the grapes. Both doing well so far. Will there be concords on the table late this summer? That would be an unanticipated bonus.

Cascade hops, now sprouted, and hopefully will soon be climbing the string I laid out. The centennial hops has now also appeared.