March10 great day for outdoor work............kind of

I got in 6 1/2 hours of had outdoor work done,
mostly pruning. Pruned the 12 dwarf apple trees.
They are open center, low and really look nice.
Part of "what is your vision for your tree."
They are now all at 5 foot. Gravenstein apple buds
are big for March 10. Get any copper or
lime sulfur or oil on ASAP. If too much leaf
tissue or bloom is showing, there can be
some spray burn, but the trees need to be
clean before bloom. Spray on a cool day.
Pears - near bloom break. Plum - some tight
bud, the wild ones- full bloom. Kaskap berry -
tight buds with the blooms showing.
Filberts - leaf buds near breaking - spray with
less strong sprays if you have not sprayed.
Fig tree, now 8 foot tall, buds are very tight and our
California bay laurel, is ten foot shorter - in full bloom.
When using the very sharp pruning saw, there is a
good reason to wear gloves........the sharp blade is
not nice to bare fingers. It only takes one second
for the blade to slip and............WEAR GLOVES!!!
Garlic 8-10 inches. It was very slow to
emerge this year. Peonies - 8 inches.
Lesser celandine - bad yard weed is out in all its glory.
It is very green and has large yellow flower right now.
Please control this bad weed.