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Porcupines love my oak trees, and can cause a lot of damage to them. I look for them in the winter when there easy to see in the trees and take them with a shotgun. Anyone have a better way of thinning there numbers?

Anyone have any luck grafting other fruits to apple trees? I think I heard it can work with pears, how about plums?

Anyone find it better to leave damaged apples that are being eaten by yellow jackets on the tree or remove them? Asking for a home tree that is easy to get at. I was thinking if I keep them on the tree they would be less likely to ruin others. But maybe I'm just letting the tree pump energy...

I am in zone 3/4 in northern WI and the snow melt has finally let me get out to spray my 65 apple trees. The majority are dormant, a few have slight color at the tips of the buds with no leaf protrusion. Is it too late to use a mineral oil based dormant oil? Should I use an all season Neem oil...

Thankfully my orchid is growing well and I am looking for a foldable hand saw for pruning this spring. Any recommendations on your favorites?

Hello, Any recommendations for a apple peeler and corer?

Anyone know of a good place for remesh this spring? The last couple years I have been buying the 150 foot rolls of 6x6 from fleetfarm but they don't have it now. I'm in NE Wisconsin Thanks

What landscape fabric do you all use around your trees? Last year I used some middle of road stuff from Menards and it looks like swiss cheese this spring. I did not have any gravel over the fabric last year. I will be adding it this year because of the information I have learned from this...

Thought I would start a thread of pics you don't want to see on your property..

can turn this water sprout from the main trunk into a branch?

I planted 8 apple/crabs from SLN last spring with the graft union below ground as they reccomend. (Zone 3)I have more crabapples coming this spring from the advise I have heard on here. Just wondering if you see any difference by planting the graft union under ground or above ground with Ant...

I have a few questions about grafting, I'm new to this and just started planting last spring. My hunting property is in northern WI zone 3. Last year I planted 15 two year old bare root apple seedlings from north 40 apple trees, a few ranetka crabapple seedlings from oikos (disappointed with...