Pruning has not been a habit or love of mine but after a decade of generally leaving growth alone I am undertaking some serious cutback. There are a few reasons:

1. To lower the height of the trees, to help picking and 2 below
2. To round the top so I can thrown a net over to keep birds off
3. To allow better air flow, as being by the river means there is a lot of damp air encouraging all kinds of fungi and rot.

• Mar 18th Pruned the stock apple tree
• Feb 5th Pruned the primary apple tree
• Jan 28th Finished pruning the plum tree
• Dec 19th Cut back the Worcester apple tree
• Nov 27th Cut back the two pear trees