It's another cold weekend in late winter, which means it is time to bundle up, go outside, and take care of one chore that can't wait until the spring: pruning the fruit trees. My tiny orchard of apples and plums needs to have various branches thinned out and cut away, so that when spring arrives and the growing season begins again, they will be healthy and hopefully put on some new growth where it will help with proper growth and increased fruit yields. Most of my fruit trees are young, between one and five years in the ground, and while they aren't very big, I know that if I don't work with them now, they won't be as strong and healthy as they should be in another year or two. And as that is when I expect to start reaping the rewards of having invested in fruit trees with mighty harvests, a little work now and some thoughtful (and sometimes ruthless) pruning will pay off big dividends.
The rabbits look forward to tree pruning time, too. They get to nibble on all the sweet wood cuttings--apple twigs are amongst their most favorite snacks!
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