Hello all permies!
I have two apple trees (a Honeycrisp and a Wolf River) that I planted in the spring of 2016. I'm sad to say that they are currently planted in grass, with little stone walls around them and mulch inside the walls. Nothing permaculture-y about their world right now. I didn't know any better back then, okay?
Anyway, next spring I will be creating guilds around the two trees. In the meantime - is there anything that I should be doing this late fall/winter to prepare them? Should I remove the mulch? Compost around the base?
I am in Minneapolis (zone 4a) and aside from being grown in little walls with mulch, the trees are in good shape.
