If you want to extend the life of your tree and encourage it to grow better fruit, you have to prune it. Pruning fruit trees is the thing to do, because that allows sunlight to reach all areas of the tree. I was determined not to call someone to do this for me, so I armed myself with a ladder and my best sewing scissors. I succeeded in opening the ladder and pinching my thumb in about 30 minutes. Then I climbed up this thing and had an idea of what Jack felt like when he climbed the beanstalk.

When I reached the first limb, I realized I knew nothing about pruning fruit trees but I figured it couldn’t be that hard. I realized my scissors weren’t going to do the job after I tried cutting a smaller limb from the tree. That’s when I pulled out my husband’s chain saw. Read more »

Recently my husband and I moved into our dream home. It was exciting just to get into it. It was absolutely perfect. Our new home had the most lovely fireplace and high vaulted ceilings. It was a dream come true. The only thing wrong was the yard– it was so bare and needed help.

I am not much of a gardener, but I wanted to do something that would really give it a beautiful landscape to match the gorgeous inside of the house. My friend said I should try dwarf fruit trees. Shrugging, I told her that I hadn’t the foggiest idea what that was.

She showed me a picture online of the cutest little apple trees you could ever imagine, and I instantly loved the idea. I did some reading up and was excited to learn that apart from something to support them, they needed little maintenance. Dwarf fruit trees don’t require much pruning, and they are easier to protect from the frost and birds than the larger types of fruit trees. Read more »