Finally got around to #pruning a boxwood and two horribly misshapen yews.
I figured we'd have to just remove the yews, but then again, what better things on which to experiment with my pruning technique! I'd pretty much written them off when we moved in, but will see if they can come back with a bit of attention.
I'm a bit of a closet arborist. I quite enjoy the slow payoff of the pruning process.
BACK TO THE ROOTS: July is prime time for easy-to-grow daylilies | Lifestyles https://www.allforgardening.com/1376255/back-to-the-roots-july-is-prime-time-for-easy-to-grow-daylilies-lifestyles/ #botany #daylily #garden #gardening #GardeningCanada #horticulture #perennial #PlantAgriculture #plants #pruning #weather!
Tomatoes grow tastier and bigger if doing Monty Don’s 2-minute task https://www.allforgardening.com/1357341/tomatoes-grow-tastier-and-bigger-if-doing-monty-dons-2-minute-task/ #CordonVarieties #garden #gardener #gardening #HowToGrowBiggerTomatoes #HowToGrowTastierTomatoes #HowToMakeTomatoesGrow #HowToMakeTomatoesTasteBetter #MontyDon #MontyDonTomato #pruning #TomatoJob #TomatoPruning #tomatoes
Lavender won’t go ‘leggy’ if gardeners do one simple task https://www.allforgardening.com/1343148/lavender-wont-go-leggy-if-gardeners-do-one-simple-task/ #flowers #garden #gardener #gardening #HowTo #HowToKeepLavenderHealthy #lavender #plants #pruning #tiktok
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Embrace a major Chelsea trend by creating a multi-stemmed shrub or tree as a focal point. You often see large shrubs or small trees pruned this way on RHS Chelsea show gardens.
https://www.mandycanudigit.com/2025/06/04/how-to-create-a-multistemmed-shrub-or-tree/
There's a guy down the street who smoothed out his sidewalk last year by first cutting away the roots of a massive oak that had caused it to buckle. I instantly knew it was going to die. Now we wait for a storm to bring it down onto the power lines below. #swarthmore #oak #trees #sidewalks #pruning #roots #arborists #peco
I often take a pair of pruners on my walks around town in case there is a stray branch impeding the way, but I may need to start lugging around a machete (yes, I have one). Jokes aside, I wish homeowners would show a bit of respect to the low-vision residents in the neighborhood who have to navigate these obstacles. #swarthmore #walking #sidewalks #plants #walkability #pruning #hedges #yardwork #streets #traffic #pedestrian
ON TRIAL - not me, these powerful STIGA SC100e pruning shears. Apologies for the lack of make-up and messy hair but you get to see how these loppers work, enabling me to tackle jobs I thought were beyond me! Thanks to STIGA and Rabbit Attack PR.
#gardening #trial #tools #stiga #loppers #lessablegardening #empowerment #pruning
Remember those branches from my apple tree, that I put in a vase after pruning? I have apple blossom now!
Pre- and post-pruning photos taken from the same place near Pompignan, Languedoc, France
Last week I did some pruning in my garden. I removed these branches from my apple tree, and was tipped by a colleague to put them in a vase. They're developing green tips! So, hopefully, I will also see some apple blossom later on
#gardening report: pruned the honeysuckle, some of the salvia, and the Shasta Daisy (and wow, do they stink when cut....makes me seriously wonder why rabbits eat them...peeeuuuu). #spring #pruning #perennials
#pruning advice please! I thought this little #CherryTree was dead; is it too late to do a winter pruning? Our cold weather was about two week of frosty nights, last month. The buds are showing green, just.
Also, all the buds are at the very ends of the branches - *can* i prune them without starving it? Prune a fraction, maybe?
I’m trying to follow _Grow A Little Fruit Tree_, am at the 3rd year.
Turn tough pruning into an easy job with the STIGA PR100e battery-powered pruning saw. A great help for less-able gardeners with a handy extension pole - lightweight too!
#gardening #gardeningtools #STIGA #pruning #pruningsaw
https://www.mandycanudigit.com/2025/02/21/stiga-pr100e-pruning-saw-a-battery-powered-marvel/
I have been pruning a little bit and have a couple more examples of how plants seal wounds and compartmentalise disease. The 1st one is a pruned branch where the disease was compartmentalised on white weeping mulberry. #horticulture #plants #pruning
Let's see. Cancelled Amazon Prime. Cancelled subscriptions to Amazon products. Cancelled WaPo.
I really should just delete Twitter/Facebook. However I do find a lot of utility on Facebook with keeping up with friends, family, and local news.
An afternoon of dodging showers to start winter pruning with added bonus of snowdrops and scented sweet box. Here's my guide to late winter pruning:
https://www.mandycanudigit.com/2018/02/20/guide-to-late-winter-pruning-for-good-growth/
Here is River. They are the #WellandCommunityOrchard coordinator/educator for the 2025 Winter #FruitTrees #pruning #apprenticeship program - funded by local #FoodSecurity #nonprofit organization, #LifecyclesProject. Today was day 1 of the hands on apprenticeship learning program which runs for just over a month.
Here, River is giving a pruning saw demo on a dwarf apple tree.
