It's been a dreary weekend here weather-wise and we we're hoping *
someone* would maybe go into labor! No such luck! So, I mopped floors and groomed horses and hubby worked in the orchard.
The time to prune your trees in our area is between January-March...but quite frankly, February was miserable, I can't remember January, and so now here
we are in March doing the pruning. Ok, not we, but hubby! We pruned in March last year too. At least, although dreary, the weather has broke a little. Pruning can be a work out so if you don't have to tromp around in feet of snow, it makes it a tad easier.
This is a Quince tree after pruning.
Here hubby is evaluating which cuts he'll take.
And he prunes away!
I don't know if you can tell very well in this picture, but these are all suckers cut from this tree laying all over the ground. I must say, my LEAST favorite part about running the orchard is going through after pruning and picking up all the clippings!
The time to prune your trees in our area is between January-March...but quite frankly, February was miserable, I can't remember January, and so now here we are in March doing the pruning. Ok, not we, but hubby! We pruned in March last year too. At least, although dreary, the weather has broke a little. Pruning can be a work out so if you don't have to tromp around in feet of snow, it makes it a tad easier.
This is a Quince tree after pruning.
Here hubby is evaluating which cuts he'll take.
And he prunes away!
I don't know if you can tell very well in this picture, but these are all suckers cut from this tree laying all over the ground. I must say, my LEAST favorite part about running the orchard is going through after pruning and picking up all the clippings!
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