Pruning a few trees in Summer also
means that the work load is spread over multiple months and seasons a
real bonus in a busy garden schedule.
Many years ago we watched an episode of
Gardening Australia which featured a gardener in southern Tasmania. He
had pruned all his fruit trees so that the limbs were all about
shoulder and head height. This allowed him to harvest the fruit
without the use of steps or ladders and as he was in his eighties and
living alone it seemed like a worthwhile practice.
We also try to get the pruning
completed in most years with limbs within arms reach. For us
attaching Fruit Fly exclusion bags is much faster if both feet are on
the ground. Removing them when the fruit is ripe is also much quicker
and simpler if you are not climbing up and down a ladder.
Removal is not all that difficult. By keeping the knot simple the bags come of with ease. A wheel barrow with a container for the fruit and one for the bags. Making sure the bags have been shaken out to get rid of leaves and spiders they are allowed some time to dry if damp and then stored in a vermin proof container until next year.
And the Ferds have discovered their Christmas present. It took a while to work out how to get in. But once in they are like little kids cavorting in the pool.
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