Reminder to Ontario Canadians that despite the snow, now (March-April, this year April due to weather) is a good time to get to pruning. While pruning isn’t always needed, it’s a good way to maintain the health and performance of your woody flora when the opportunity is available. Also remember; save for specific rare cases (or very vigorous species), ideally only take off 1/3rd of the living growth of your woodies (it does not hurt to get rid of the deadwood first to make this easier to measure). Also trees like old apple trees may respond to their first-ever prunings with bad watersprouts, so be ready for more pruning in the next year as you get them in shape.

And this shouldn’t need to be said but ALSO NO CHAINSAWS OR CRUSH PRUNERS IF YOU WANT GOOD HEALTH IN YOUR PLANTS FFS