Growing farm show apples starts now with pruning the trees. In fact, it goes back to selecting the varieties to plant. You don't just go out and pick them.

Love doesn't grow on trees like apples in Eden - it's something you have to make. And you must use your imagination too.

Everything seems to be on schedule. We've started the demolition, the pruning and removal of diseased trees, and the contractor is starting the underground utilities and walkway layout.

Every year we've been aggressively pruning out the deadwood. That helps a lot. I think we've lost fewer trees in the last five years than in the five before that.

They looked as if they had trees growing out of them.

I enjoy beating myself from the previous year. It's a hobby. You have to enjoy it. You've got to have a passion in life. Growing fruit, growing good fruit, is my passion. I'm not saying I'm successful at it, but ...