Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Espalier!

One of the bits of horticultural knowledge that I always wanted to acquire was how to do espalier in the traditional manner. I’ve had a bit of a hard time in the states finding good resources, though I admit I could have been looking harder. Happily, not only am I in a place right now that has what has been said to be the largest and oldest espaliered pear in the world and numerous other specimens at various stages of development to inspect. Having so many to care for, Adrien is rather well informed on the topic, and when I expressed the desire to learn more about it, I got an afternoon free of the standard weeding work to get an extended lesson in the art!






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