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Well fellas... On the other thread, I posted about a recent experience where I drove two hours to help a friend prune 20 apple trees. When we arrived, I saw that he put tubes around all the trees (insert Home Alone face here) and the mice ate/girdled around 18" on 11 out of 20 trees. After...

Last year, my "nursery" was at camp. Picture is dated 8/22/15. It was 4'x8' and I had about 25 grafts. This year I'm going to build one 8'x16' for 50 grafted trees. So, 4x larger for twice the trees. More space. Most importantly, it will be at home so I can keep a better eye on the trees...

What are best practices for cleaning pruners? I pour hydrogen peroxide on them after each tree and wipe off with a towel. It's slow and messy to "pour" and I am always worried that "disease" on towel will spread. What do YOU do?

I have a few trees where the central leader is drifting off center like the one in the picture (if you can make it out in the forest behind it). On some, I have tied it to a 10' conduit. On others, I have pulled it upright with bamboo string tied to my cage. Instead of these two options...

I took a walk today and found a number of my young grafts and young trees with green leaves. It was in mid-60's today and we are in mildest December ever. What will this mean for the trees in the spring?

I know it is a strange time of year to be talking about fireblight, but I need some advice. In 2008, I planted about 16 macintosh trees. The idea was that the future orchard would serve as a hunting spot close to the cabin for my boys as they grew up and my father as he got older. So, eight...