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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.
Trying to save this birch that has been treated poorly by the previous guy. He left a long stump to get infected and rot.
I cut the stump and trimmed the rot away, then painted it with limewash (it's quite warm today), we'll see in summer how it will cope.
If not, I'll have to fell it. It's leaning towards the road and we don't need it falling on some stupid BMW SUV.
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/
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.
Winter's the best time to prune grapevines! Dormant vines are less stressed by cuts & it's easier to see the structure for precise pruning. This encourages healthy growth & better fruit in spring! #grapevine #pruning #winter #gardening #wine
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.
Back from my social media break - a very happy New Year to all my followers! If gardening's on your agenda, here's an updated list of jobs for January, organised week-by-week. Bear in mind, this if for the UK! A little pinch of Viola Pot Pourri.
https://www.mandycanudigit.com/gardening-jobs/january-gardening-jobs/
I hadn't realised that modern electric secateurs were invented in France in 1984. The company is now called Infaco and is still making them.
https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/occitanie/tarn/albi/40-ans-apres-la-creation-du-premier-secateur-electrique-pour-soulager-les-tendinites-des-viticulteurs-cette-entreprise-continue-a-innover-3082801.html
Their web site has a short history of pruning devices, which is interesting...
https://www.infaco.com/en/nouveautes-news/article-the-short-history-of-the-secateur/
However, I see that someone filed a patent for an electric pruning device in 1929, so the idea is not new!
https://patents.google.com/patent/US1786625A/en
Oh, it stopped raining, let's do something outside, like trim that massive juniper bush that's growing into the driveway.
Several hours and 5 wheelbarrows full of trimmings later, the bush is _somewhat_ under control again and there was just enough daylight left to fetch firewood.
Underneath another structure. Looks like a collapsed dog house or something. Even with all the rain we had the soil there was bone dry.
