Winter pruning, revisited
September 2026Every year I promise myself I will prune less and observe more. This year I mostly kept that promise, and the apples seem to agree.
A small journal about pruning, grafting and the slow work of looking after old fruit trees.
Every year I promise myself I will prune less and observe more. This year I mostly kept that promise, and the apples seem to agree.
Dwarfing rootstocks are convenient, but the old seedling trees in the lower field keep reminding me what patience produces.
Seven of nine whip-and-tongue grafts took. The two failures were both on the same cold morning.
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