It's Sunday and I am finishing my pruning. Bushes, willows, rose bushes and grapes. I burn my trimmings to kill any bug eggs, bugs and any scab or twig bores imbedded in the wood cuttings. This goes for any cuttings from fruit trees too. Makes a nice evening fire to roast some marshmallows on! *_*.
I trim my grapes back to 3 buds per branch stub that I keep, the stubs about 18" apart.
Fruit trees I snip off the suckers, and saw back any large branches I wish to shorten. Taking care to cut 1" after a bud. Take out all dead branches or twigs.
I have a climbing rose bush, so I just cut off the dead ends, and train the rest on the trellis.
Its good to have a good book on gardening to peek at, to give you hints on taking care and trimming any berry bushes you may have. The different berries all have their own special way of pruning
Now is also a good time to surface clean the area around the bottoms of trees and berry bushes, fertilize and mulch, for a good spring bud feed. Also a good time to pull the winter mulch on the Strawberry Patch off to the side and let the sun and air in.
See you out in the yard! *_*.
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