Grown on cable stretched along side of garage. Tree is much larger now. Also, we took the garage down to build new shop, so tree now has fence behind it. Looks better.
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Posted in Uncategorized on September 20, 2006 | 3 Comments »
Espalier Pear Tree
Posted in Uncategorized on September 20, 2006 | 3 Comments »
Here’s my espalier (es-pal-yay) pear tree, grown with horizontal branching. You can also grow them with fan shapes, as cordons, or slanted, like the picture on Treemendous’ blog.
I also have an apple tree and a cherry tree trained to grow horizontally.As espalier trees are VERY expensive, we purchased semi-dwarf varieties and cut off branches [...]
- And over these wheels, is where I reside in the winter.
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- "Just living is not enough" said the butterfly fairy, "one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower." Hans Christian Anderson
- Weather on our hill is typically 7 degrees cooler than this temp from the nearest city, which is Spokane.
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