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.
Just before the holidays is a perfect time to trim your evergreen trees and shrubs, both to encourage spring growth and to provide fodder to deck your halls.
I finally made it out into the garden this week to cut back some of my perennials. Right now is the perfect time here in Pennsylvania—and in many other parts of the country—to cut down ornamental grasses and last year’s perennial stalks.
Last week brought some beautiful weather, and so despite the boot cast on my left leg, I made the most of it by heading out to the raspberry patch to do a little cleanup.