Remember that bag of fertilizer with insect control I told you to get last week? This weekend fertilize your lawn with it. Those blasted ants are driving me crazy all over my yard. I'm gonna send 'em to that big family reunion in the sky...
AND, if you have fruit trees, you've got to thin the fruit. For apples, reduce the fruit in each cluster to one or two of the healthiest looking fruits. CUT them off with scissors, it will be much easier than pulling them off. For peaches and plums, reduce the fruit to about one every 4-6 inches. I usually end up just climbing up in the tree to do this. You'll feel like a kid again. And I know if feels like you are taking off a lot, but you'll be surprised how much is left at the end of the season. And you'd much rather have one LARGE fruit than several teeny fruits with full-sized pits. The tree has only so much energy, you want to focus it on the fleshy part you can enjoy, rather than 5x as many seeds and pits.
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