Monthly Archives: February 2009

Gardening: Pruning : How to Prune Dwarf Fruit Trees 0

To prune dwarf fruit trees, trim back about one-third of the growth each year during the dormant period and make angled cuts 2 inches out from the trunk to avoid damage or rotting. Keep a dwarf fruit tree properly pruned to encourage fruit production with instructions from a sustainable gardener in this free video on gardening.

Gardening: Pruning : How to Prune Overgrown Apple Trees 0

By pruning an overgrown apple tree into a vase cut, the top branches are thinned out to make room for more fruit production. Trim out the lighter-colored branches to properly maintain an apple tree with instructions from a sustainable gardener in this free video on gardening.

Garden Maintenance Tips : Orange Tree Pruning 0

Pruning an orange tree is done in the fall after it is finished producing fruit for the season, and trimming away the light-colored branches near the top and middle of the tree will encourage more fruit growth for the following year.

Growing Pear Trees : How to Prune a Pear Tree 0

Prune a pear tree when it is young to give it a good shape. As the tree gets older, prune away dead branches that block sunlight and attract bugs.

Winter Gardening 0

Learn what you can be doing in the garden during the winter to get ready for spring

Pruning of Concord Grape Vines 0

This video explains and demonstrates proper techniques for pruning concord grape vines for the winter months. Provided by the Lake Erie Regional Grape Program.

how NOT to prune an apple tree 0

This is a typical example of the sort of ignorant and brutal pruning I see very often. Of course the owner of this tree has every right to treat it like this, and I mean them no offence

restoring old apple trees part 3 0

Continuing a morning’s work in a friend’s back garden orchard. As discussed, there are 2 main reasons for growing an apple tree in your garden, fruit production and beauty. Ideally the 2 things can be combined

restoring old apple trees part 2 0

Second of six videos on sensitively restoring some old apple trees in a small backyard orchard.

restoring old apple trees part 1 0

Julia and I had the opportunity on February 14th 2009 to help some friends who had moved into a house with a mature garden and some old fruit trees, mainly apples and 2 pears, which were somewhat overgrown. I am putting up half a dozen videos to show roughly what we did.