Viewing post #2142419 by Jbodenmann

Hello My Friends
Here is a photo of a Quaking Aspen tree in a jail. This is something you must do here to protect young trees from hungry varmints. Unsightly...yes, but necessary. When trees are young bunny rabbits find the tender bark quite delicious. Also the deer will eat tender leaves and branches. This seems to be only for young small trees. When they get larger the deer don't seem to bother them, even tender leaves that they can reach. Sometimes they will focus on certain trees. There is an American Red Maple down on the other end of the property that the squirrels completely stripped of leaves. I hate it when that happens There were other Red Maples that they didn't bother. I had to build an enclosure to completely cover it. Fortunately it was small enough. One wintertime activity that I really enjoy is clipping and shaping my trees. Removing the enclosures from the smaller trees and giving them a clip. Cutting off unwanted branches and shaping them. I consider tree pruning to be an art form, and I just love fussing with my tees. Other January things to do is spreading wild flower seed here and there, and putting compost and a light application of chicken manure around the drip line of the fruit trees.
No shortage of things to do...
Jack