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["del stubbs" <pinewoodel@hotmail.com>]

I'm years late, but at last I am working toward a much needed wind break on 
the north west side of our orchard ....(to deflect the winter nor'westers 
that Bernie and Dean send this way - after their done with 'em).

Most of the literature I have seen on wind breaks seems to focus on 
deciduous bushes.....but I need the wind break in winter.
I suppose a 10' thick row of caragana might work?
It would be nice for the windbreak  to produce something to eat as well. 
Dream on?
Another thought is a fast growing evergreen, and  one that won't get over 15 
feet tall.
What do other northerners do ?

I ordered a batch of white cedar to plant out for conservation plantings, I 
was wondering if I planted some of them what their growth might be like if I 
pruned them to a single leader....rather then the bush they start as.  Have 
got endless spruce seedlings to transplant from our woods also , but no idea 
how to control the eventual size.
Is it good, or unadvisable, to heavily prune evergreens when transplanting?

Thanks, Del  Z2/3

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