Festooning fruit trees for a better harvest
If you're looking to get more out of your backyard orchard, festooning fruit trees might be the simplest trick you haven't tried yet. It sounds a bit fancy—like something you'd do with ribbons at a party—but in the gardening world, it's a remarkably effective way to get your trees to stop putting all their energy into leaves and start focusing on fruit. Basically, you're just bending branches down to change the way the tree grows, and honestly, the results can be pretty dramatic if you do it right. ...