Setting the Table for Wildlife by Releasing and Pruning Apple Trees
Apple trees are an important food resource for many different species of wildlife. The best way to improve productivity of apple trees is to provide for direct sunlight. On Saturday, March 19th there will be a free workshop in Peacham focusing on the art and science of releasing and pruning apple trees.
Wild apple trees are everywhere and overgrown farm orchards are common. As the forest grows up around the apple trees, they become shaded, lose their vigor and produce fewer apples. Apple trees can also 'crowd' themselves as internal branches compete for space, which also limits fruit production.
Join landowners Rusty and Kathleen Barber, Biologist Matt DiBona with the National Wild Turkey Federation and Forester Nick Smith for a hands-on workshop to learn about and try simple techniques for pruning and releasing apple trees. Find out which tools to use, how much to prune, how and where to make the pruning cuts, and when it should be done. Bring along your gloves and any appropriate tools you have such as pruning saw, loppers and clippers to try your hand at making some cuts.
The workshop will take place on March19th from 9:00am – 12:00pm at 307 Deweysburg Rd in Peacham/West Danville. If you are interested in learning to improve the fruiting of the apple trees on your property this is the place for you to be! Please dress for the weather, we will be outdoors.
The workshop is free and open to the public. This workshop is sponsored by Vermont Coverts: Woodlands for Wildlife and the National Wild Turkey Federation. Registration is not required but requested. For more information or directions contact Lisa Sausville at lisa@vtcoverts.org or calling 802-877-2777.
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