This is an update of the Feb 2, 2020 post called “High Altitude Pruning”. You can see it at: https://wordpress.com/post/ohlinupdate.net/213
I was in Senegal last year, but it does not look like I will be in Africa this year. To bring Africa to us, every year I prune the crown of the oak tree in our back yard. I am trying to get it to look like the Acacia Tree pictured below.
The oak tree is not cooperating. Instead of majestic horizontal spans, it wants to grow up. We need some giraffes to browse on the vertical shoots. I worked on it this spring. Here is a what it looked like when it first started putting out leaves.
Adventures in Suburbia 