It’s time to get our Felco’s out and get our apple and pear trees shaped up for 2014. There’s only about a month and a half to try to work through our 2,700 apple trees and 250 pears, but with sub-zero temps for a high, I spent this afternoon breaking down all possible ‘secateurs’ that we could find on the farm and getting them sharpened and oiled to get them in ship-shape for pruning. I don’t know that we’ll break the freezing point before we get more snow and another cold snap in a few days, but warming spring temperatures will get here eventually, and I’m sure that those apple blossoms will pop open once they do!