This is the tree before pruning……..   ……and this is the tree after It’s very harsh but in this particular case was necessary. I wouldn’t normally advocate pruning a tree like this but sometimes it’s the best option. This tree didn’t have any formative pruning carried out. As a result it was growing in one […]

This image shows an apple tree deep in snow. The snow is so deep that the rabbits can now gain access to the bark above the spiral guard and as a result the bark has been stripped all the way around the tree. I have tried trapping the rabbit (there seems to be only one