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WARNING - this is not for the purists - my non-conventional methods may cause distress! 
I've been playing about with the fruit trees for a few years now - trying to link them together by interweaving their branches at just above head height. So far I have joined 5 apple trees with their neighbours and am hoping to join a 6th this year.
Obviously, pruning is a bit more challenging ----------which is why I don't do it. Just taking out the twigs that annoy me.
I've taken a few photos but its not easy to see them as a whole. When the trees are in leaf, its like a tunnel , but you can't see the meshing of the branches then.
It makes it easier for me to pick the apples and the crop last year was overwhelming. Its a bit like festooning without the dangling ends.
I've been playing about with the fruit trees for a few years now - trying to link them together by interweaving their branches at just above head height. So far I have joined 5 apple trees with their neighbours and am hoping to join a 6th this year.
Obviously, pruning is a bit more challenging ----------which is why I don't do it. Just taking out the twigs that annoy me.
I've taken a few photos but its not easy to see them as a whole. When the trees are in leaf, its like a tunnel , but you can't see the meshing of the branches then.
It makes it easier for me to pick the apples and the crop last year was overwhelming. Its a bit like festooning without the dangling ends.
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