Apple Pruning Workshop, 3/21 Learn how to prune apple trees at Cornell Cooperative Extension's Apple Pruning Workshop' on Saturday, March 21, 9:00 a.m to noon, at 678 County Route 64, Elmira, NY.
Instructor Rick Reisinger will demonstrate pruning techniques to renovate old, overgrown apple trees. He has decades of fruit tree experience on his own orchard as well as at Cornell's orchard in Ithaca. Jabe Warren will also be assisting with the demonstration, a Cornell Cooperative Extension educator in Chemung County and an experienced fruit farmer. The workshop will be held outside in the orchard and we have an indoor warming room, so dress for the weather. The $10 fee includes light refreshments. Pre-registration is required. Directions: Travel Route 17 (Interstate 86) to the exit 51A, Chambers road south. At the end of the road (a T in front of Consumer Square) turn right (west) onto Rt 64. Pass the big box stores. Applebee's, Michaels, Staples, TJ Max and Simmons Rockwell Car Dealership. Cross the bridge and look left. The driveway is on the left, 0.9 miles from Chambers Rd, and there is a boulder with the house number 678 on it. For questions and to pre-register, call 607-687-4020. _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins Questions about the list? ask [email protected] free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
