Pruning our apple trees is our first official gardening day of the season. Last year I did it myself, but this year Mia insisted on helping. She felt I had been too extreme and not provided her enough shade to lay under the apple tree. I did most of the lopping with the shears and Mia followed up by trimming the smaller twigs with the secateurs. We're getting better at this; it took us half the time this year; only 2 hours for both trees. Looking forward to lots of delicious apples this year.
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| Pruning our 50 year old summer apple tree |
This is my yearly ritual; throwing my hat through the Granny Smith tree. When I first researched how to prune an apple tree I found a video of a crazy English farmer that said you should be able to throw your hat through the tree once you are finished. Mission accomplished!
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| Granny Smith apple tree pruned in bowl style and the hat goes through! |
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