Happy to see activity here again....
@karenerwin I finally started pruning my dwarf fruit trees late last fall after not keeping up with it for three years. After cutting back the branches I could do with the limb cutter, I marked limbs for hubby to cut with the chain saw. It was a huge under taking. And I have spray paint tagged limbs to watch for this coming fall.
Mustn't remove more than 1/4 the top structure or the roots will overstimulate in the Spring with an abundance of new shoots. These are often water sprouts or shoots from the ground below a graft. That defeats your work. I carry a pair of pruning shears in my pocket and nip those off as soon as I see them.
I have pepper seeds popping in a pot in the kitchen window. Transplanted lettuce that I found in a garden path up to the raised bed. Then trimmed back some dried perennials that I have for drawing in the pollinators. We have rain coming tomorrow.
@karenerwin I finally started pruning my dwarf fruit trees late last fall after not keeping up with it for three years. After cutting back the branches I could do with the limb cutter, I marked limbs for hubby to cut with the chain saw. It was a huge under taking. And I have spray paint tagged limbs to watch for this coming fall.
Mustn't remove more than 1/4 the top structure or the roots will overstimulate in the Spring with an abundance of new shoots. These are often water sprouts or shoots from the ground below a graft. That defeats your work. I carry a pair of pruning shears in my pocket and nip those off as soon as I see them.
I have pepper seeds popping in a pot in the kitchen window. Transplanted lettuce that I found in a garden path up to the raised bed. Then trimmed back some dried perennials that I have for drawing in the pollinators. We have rain coming tomorrow.