The Real Dirt: Take time to prune mature deciduous trees - Enterprise-Record

The Real Dirt: Take time to prune mature deciduous trees Enterprise-Record Winter is a great time to take care of some hefty garden chores like pruning deciduous fruit trees. Pruning can sometimes seem overwhelming, but keeping the three "Ds" in mind can help you get started: Examine your trees for wood that is dead, ...

Lauderdale: Understand tree trimming - Greenville Daily Reflector

Lauderdale: Understand tree trimming Greenville Daily Reflector Prune early and often to encourage single main trunks in shade trees. Always remove dead, diseased or damaged branches including those crossing and rubbing each other. For flowering and fruiting trees, pruning results in fewer, larger flowers and fruit ... and more »

Tree fruit pruners ahead of schedule - Capital Press (subscription)

Tree fruit pruners ahead of schedule Capital Press (subscription) With 234000 acres of fruit trees in Central Washington, pruning is a huge effort that starts in November when trees go dormant and usually wraps up the end of March. The southern Yakima district is normally ahead of the northern Wenatchee district but ...

Garden Detective: Combating an overabundance of olives - Sacramento Bee

Garden Detective: Combating an overabundance of olives Sacramento Bee The olives also held onto the trees longer. So we had olives dropping well into May. In fact, a few strays dropped in mid-June. We did have our trees thinned out last January. Did the pruning some how shock the trees? I want to know if we hit the ...

Urban Abundance in Vancouver will teach tree care in exchange for volunteer time - OregonLive.com

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Urban Abundance in Vancouver will teach tree care in exchange for volunteer time OregonLive.com By Special to The Oregonian View full sizeCourtesy of Urban AbundanceVolunteer James Janz and Washington Service Corps member Katie Neis harvest a neighborhood pear tree. Clark County's fruit and nut trees are beautiful, but they're also useful.