Monday, February 1, 2016

Pruning Trees and looking at old cuts

Old Cut after a couple of years
Stump sticking out
I've started pruning the trees this year in the cold and wet windy weather. The winter pruning is to increase vigour in the tree and to encoruage it to grow in the direction you want it to. While pruning I was admiring some of the work that been done previously. 
The trees have been sealing and growing over the cuts. To me that make attactive scars on the barl escpcially after a couple of years and the work has grown around it.
Old Pruning healing
Old cut with some new cuts