06/23/2026
Today was a great day to get caught up in the yard. The importance of thinning fruit trees. I will do this yet again, but for now I focused on damaged or blemished fruit, reducing the weight of some of the smaller branches, and making sure the individual fruit has space to mature without getting bruised by another one to close during a storm or high winds. By thinning fruit trees we give the individual trees better air circulation, a healthier root system, less insect damage, less wasted fruit on the ground later, less damaged fruit, better tasting fruit, and less chances for broken limbs from the weight of the fruit or high winds and storms. Which equates to less chances for diseases from open wounds.
