UF Hack: Winter Pruning
January 18, 2016Use the slow winter gardening season to prune back fruit trees, shrubs and vines so you have more to harvest next year.
Use the slow winter gardening season to prune back fruit trees, shrubs and vines so you have more to harvest next year.
There are many ways to obtain food in the city, and your backyard garden can be one of them.
Try your hand a grafting this year by collecting your scion wood during winter dormancy.
While your diseased trees are dormant is the best time to prune them and give them a healthy start to the new year.
Get to know your legumes to fix nitrogen into your garden soil and nurse other crops to life.
Build your own swales, berms and rain gardens to control rainwater build up and to maximize free irrigation.
Protect your city flock’s feed from thieving sparrows and rodents with this no-waste feeder solution
Help crops not suited to your hardiness zone push through the winter with these insulation tips.
Keep your saved seeds in order for planting or trading with this method that you can adapt to your own needs.
Get a more constant strawberry harvest and prevent rotting fruit with the spiraled garden bed design.