I got started on the 2012 Project today, pruning the fruit trees in the orchard. I was a bit late, I know; but they haven't blossomed yet, so I think we'll be OK.
I only managed to do three trees this morning, two apple and a pear. Most of them are big, 8 metres high or more, and it is not easy pruning such large trees. If, indeed, "pruning" is the right word, when you're chopping something from 8 metres down to 2. Anyway, I will finish the rest of the trees in the course of the coming week.
What I already do know is that this project will be a multi-year one. I will prune half the tree, wait for some new shoots, and then prune the other half next winter.
Walter Blotscher
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