PRUNING fruit trees can be a tricky business.
Different types of fruit trees need to be pruned at different times of the year.
While some gardeners like to go for the 'ground zero' approach, usually spring pruning ia lighter - more like getting a trim at the hairdresser than a buzz-cut.
As usual, The Weekly Times Peter Cundall is on top of it.
Remember to clean your secateurs to prevent spreading any infections.
Brrr.
Now we need to have hot water bottle or the electric blanket switched onto the bliss setting before retiring for the night, pulling on the extra-snug gloves before going for a peddle, donning a beanie rather than a straw hat before weeding and start splitting firewood with earnest, it's time to think about winter veggie planting.
Just thinking about all those delicous greens going into a soup warms me up.
Here's some good advice from the ever-delightful Tino of Gardening Australia.
It's also a good time to give the secateurs, spades and garden forks a jolly good clean, sharpen and oil.
In fact it's a cracker job to do by the fire with a cup of lemon and ginger tea on a rainy day...
