UF Hack: Prune Out Fire Blight
January 18, 2016While your diseased trees are dormant is the best time to prune them and give them a healthy start to the new year.
UF Hack: Renew Fruit Trees With Pollarding
January 18, 2016Give an old, unproductive orchard tree new life with this historical pruning method.
The Fruit Tree Owner’s Toolkit
January 18, 2016Excerpt from the Popular Garden Series magabook Orcharding with permission from its publisher, BowTie magazines, a division of BowTie Inc. Purchase Orcharding here (deep link http://www.shopanimalnetwork.com/product.aspx?cid=85&pid=838) The following tools come in handy for tending fruit trees. Try to clean and dry pruning tools after each use, then wipe the pruning tools with an oily rag […]
And A Pruner In A Pear Tree
December 25, 2015The day after loads of Christmas feasting is dedicated to pruning back fruit trees. (It’s important to burn off those calories, after all.)
6 Tips for Pruning Evergreens
December 18, 2014Just 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.
4 Tips to Growing Disease-Free Grapes in Your Backyard
April 3, 2014Imagine what it would be like to harvest juicy Golden Muscats or full-bodied Concords just outside your backdoor! One of the biggest problems grape growers face, however, are fungal diseases.
Prune Your Evergreens for Free Holiday Décor
December 19, 2013My holiday decorations often involve lots of evergreens. I use pine boughs and boxwood garlands, juniper wreaths and holly sprigs to spruce up our winter festivities.
Annual Pruning and Staking
April 11, 2013I 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.
