HUMBOLDT SECOND ANNUAL SCION EXCHNAGE

The Humboldt Permaculture Guild has confirmed plans for Humboldt County’s second annual Fruit Tree and Scion Exchange.  The event will be held on Sat. 31^st at the Bayside Grange in Arcata from 11am to 2pm.  This event follows the same spirit of our annual Seed and Plant Exchange but focuses on the exchange of perennial fruit tree propagation material.  Because this material is collected in winter while trees are dormant, we are hosting this separate event.  Both experienced fruit growers as well as the general public are invited to share quality scion wood and talk about growing fruit in Humboldt County.  With the diversity of microclimates in our area, the Scion Exchange is meant to educate the community on which varieties do best in our unique region.  For those who are already growing plenty of fruit, we invite you to share scion wood from your best producers or exotic cultivars.  For those who have established trees that don’t produce good fruit, we invite you to come collect scion wood from our event that you can later graft to your existing tree.  And for those who are still planning/planting phase, we invite you to come chose your cultivar, which we can show you to graft onto new rootstock, which you can take home with you.  We will have grafting demonstrations by local experts as well as a few varieties of rootstock available.  Since  the fresh fruit is mostly gone, we invite you to bring fruit of any preparation (sauce, butter, juice, dried, etc.) to share the flavors of our cultivars.  Photos are handy as well.  Hope you can make it.  For more info call Marlon Gil at (707) 672-3102.