How to prune crab apple trees; not always a fun job but somebody has to do it! It is usually the most desirable time to prune crab apple trees in the late winter before the tree grows leaves. If you must prune in the summer, as I did today you still may, but run a risk of injuring the plant.
Continue reading →When gardening pumpkins, there are a few things that you need to know. I’m learning these as I go along. If you live in an area that gets cold in the winter, like I do in Northern Indiana, and you want your pumpkins to be ready for harvest at or around Halloween, then you should consider starting your pumpkins indoors a couple of weeks before threat of frost is past. Pumpkins have a fairly long growing and maturing time, as long as 100-120 days.
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