Getting Ready For Spring
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Yes, I know. There are a million things wrong with this photo for this post. First, apples ripen in the fall, not the spring. Second, we got about three inches of snow last night. Beyond that? I didn't take the picture.
But there is spring light, we'll turn the clocks forward soon, the local maple guy has hung his buckets on trees all over town, and the Franklin Library has announced it is hosting a session on "How to prune trees" next week.
Can spring be far behind?
I didn't know that fruit trees need to be pruned in the winter, not in warm weather. Armed with this information, I did my best with the wildly overgrown pear tree (I think it's pear, anyway) in the field. It bore no fruit at all last year and I suspect it's because all its energy went into sprouting branches at an incredible rate. The problem is it is quite tall. So I did what I could.
The apple trees are closer to the ground and I trimmed some of their overgrowth, too. Maybe, in time, it'll be a real orchard.
Inside, the brighter light isn't kind to dirty windows but there's no point in attacking that issue until the weather improves. The dust and the clutter we accumulated over the winter is another matter. Marie Kondo would be proud.
How about real estate, you ask? Or not. But if you're thinking of selling, tackle whatever projects you can before the good weather lures you outside to work in the yard. And if you think you want to buy, now's a great time to get yourself pre-qualified by the lender of your choice. That way, when you go hunting, you'll know just what you can afford.
Wondering where the coffee review went? It'll be back. It was too darned messy out to explore. But coffee beckons...
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