The biggest job in January is pruning the fruit trees. Andy Howard from the Heritage Fruit Tree Company taught me how to prune the trees, and at this stage I am trying to get them to 6ft, so trying to put all the energy into going skyward. I would say that about 50% of the trees have made it already, and that is where I have been pruning the leader to a good south facing bud. I am trying a different mulch this year which is a compost I made in some quantity from the arisings from the meadow scarification's (Autumn 2025), horse muck and wood chippings. Lets see how they go!