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By Kenner P. Love
Extension Agent, ANR
Crop and Soil Sciences
The following are December gardening tips from the Rappahannock Extension Office.
• Leave a bare circle, one foot wide, around fruit tree trunks when spreading mulch so the mice won’t nest there. Also wrap the trunks to prevent rabbit damage.
• Fruit trees can be pruned at any time during the winter provided the temperature is above 45 degrees.
• Mice chew off the bark of fruit trees at ground level or below and often completely girdle a tree causing it to die. To reduce this damage, keep mulch pulled away from the base of the tree and examine mulch frequently for the presence of mice.
• The aim of tree wrapping is to keep the trunk from heating unevenly on bright, sunny, winter days. Bark tends to split as it cools rapidly after the winter sun has warmed the south and west sides. Use commercially available tree wraps or put up canvas or burlap screens to shade young fruit trees. Even a plank leaned up against the south side of the trunk will help. Painting trunks with white
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