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War of the Roses: Eliminating semi-wild roses

When I first started planting at our house, I would take anything. If it came with a warning about being invasive, all the better! Now I'm regretting some of those decisions, including the semi-wild roses given to me by friends. Between fire, digging, cutting and maybe chemicals it is truly the war of the roses ...

Treating Fruit Trees in the Spring

As winter winds down, it’s time to start treating fruit trees in the spring to prepare them for a bountiful harvest this year. Here are a few late winter or early spring tasks to keep your trees healthy and productive. Grab the Clippers The first task in treating fruit trees begins in February to early ...

Pruning the Apple Trees – After the Deer already did – and Other Spring Tasks

I’m way late pruning my apple trees this year, but who can blame me? We’ve had snow on the ground pretty much since Halloween, and really didn’t have much for the Chinooks, the “snow-eaters” that melt the snow and give us a reprieve during the winter. When they make life bearable, I think is the ...