Post by heavyhitterokra on Mar 22, 2020 11:19:16 GMT -6
Good day everyone ... What's growing on in your backyard?
I have a runaway grapevine in my own backyard that has never been pruned before. It's several years old and is a huge mess! Since this grapevine is near my peach orchard, naturally, it decided to reach over to utilize one of the nearby peach branches as a makeshift trellis.
That became a huge tangle of unwanted brush, really fast! Since today is the second full day of Spring and it is actually still cool enough that the grapevine buds are still dormant, I really need to get out there and get some serious pruning done!
Since I currently know very little of how to approach this project, I decided to come inside for a few minutes to try and learn the basics of pruning before tackling this huge project myself.
Here is a very helpful, short, to the point, video on the basics of pruning grapevines:
After watching the basic pruning video above, I was able to find the follow-up video done the very next season; showing the results of what was accomplished by the pruning that was done in the first video. I really appreciate that someone took the time to do this, to show the rest of us how to do it ourselves, in our own backyards. The rest of this rather lengthy video is just a tour of this person's garden. I just wanted to see how pruning actually helped improve her grape production. It helped to see the difference between dormant grapevines and the following, vigorous, first year's growth.
It's my goal, some day, to have a permaculture area well-established on my farm, where I can harvest the bounty of summer's fruits and berries without needing to destroy all of last year's work and starting all over again each year. I spent all day yesterday, transplanting thornless blackberries to my permaculture site.
(When referring to 'yearly destruction' I'm speaking specifically of my vegetable garden). Every year, I have to tear out all the old stuff from last season and start from scratch. With permaculture as a side project, I have busy, relaxing, tasks to keep me occupied in winter (like pruning) and fewer tedious things to do in summer (Like replanting). Hopefully, I'm able to find a joyful balance of activities to last all year 'round.
Happy gardening everyone!
I have a runaway grapevine in my own backyard that has never been pruned before. It's several years old and is a huge mess! Since this grapevine is near my peach orchard, naturally, it decided to reach over to utilize one of the nearby peach branches as a makeshift trellis.
That became a huge tangle of unwanted brush, really fast! Since today is the second full day of Spring and it is actually still cool enough that the grapevine buds are still dormant, I really need to get out there and get some serious pruning done!
Since I currently know very little of how to approach this project, I decided to come inside for a few minutes to try and learn the basics of pruning before tackling this huge project myself.
Here is a very helpful, short, to the point, video on the basics of pruning grapevines:
After watching the basic pruning video above, I was able to find the follow-up video done the very next season; showing the results of what was accomplished by the pruning that was done in the first video. I really appreciate that someone took the time to do this, to show the rest of us how to do it ourselves, in our own backyards. The rest of this rather lengthy video is just a tour of this person's garden. I just wanted to see how pruning actually helped improve her grape production. It helped to see the difference between dormant grapevines and the following, vigorous, first year's growth.
It's my goal, some day, to have a permaculture area well-established on my farm, where I can harvest the bounty of summer's fruits and berries without needing to destroy all of last year's work and starting all over again each year. I spent all day yesterday, transplanting thornless blackberries to my permaculture site.
(When referring to 'yearly destruction' I'm speaking specifically of my vegetable garden). Every year, I have to tear out all the old stuff from last season and start from scratch. With permaculture as a side project, I have busy, relaxing, tasks to keep me occupied in winter (like pruning) and fewer tedious things to do in summer (Like replanting). Hopefully, I'm able to find a joyful balance of activities to last all year 'round.
Happy gardening everyone!