Here is one of our two pretty, Anna apple trees. Lovely, shaping up quite nicely. Heroically survived our hideous summer, facing west no less.
Here is our not so lovely Anna apple tree after removing all of the leaves. Dr. Jill, from Sweet Life Garden, instructed (actually ordered) me to remove the leaves so that energy can pour into the new growth. Yikes that hurt! But hopefully next year we will be munching away on tart green apples.
I can't tell you how much hope this gives me. I love how your little tree has such artistic design branching out.
ReplyDeleteMy yard now is a blanket of white.Spring is just around the corner we keep telling ourselves out here.