Education never ends. This past weekend I got a pruning lesson from orchard expert Roger Miller. At the farm we have a small orchard that was donated by the COWs group. For those of you who might not know, COWs stands for Citizens Organized for Wagners. They were a small group of Glenview residents who, about 15 years ago, helped push the effort to save the farm from development. One of the last acts by this group was to donate the trees that would make up our new orchard.
Our orchard has apple, cherry, peach and crab apple trees. I wish I would have taken some before and after pictures of the trees during the pruning process. With Rogers help, we took about half a pick-up load of branches off the trees. It was really neat to learn how to direct branch growth by the way you make a cut. Pruning, as it ends up is a short term means for shaping long term growth. Very neat.
If you want to meet Roger or try any of the great things he grows don't miss our farmers market. It starts on June 27th at Wagner Farm.
