The Backyard Orchardist

The Backyard Orchardist

Author: Stella Otto

Publisher: Ottographics

Published: 2015-11-23

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780963452047

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Discusses how to grow fruit trees in a garden or backyard, including such considerations as tree selection, planting and early care, growing fruit in containers, and pest and disease control.


The Fruit Gardener's Bible

The Fruit Gardener's Bible

Author: Lewis Hill

Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC

Published: 2012-03-01

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1603427848

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Enjoy bushels of crispy apples and baskets of juicy blueberries from your own backyard. Authors Lewis Hill and Leonard Perry provide everything you need to know to successfully grow delicious organic fruit at home, from choosing the best varieties for your area to planting, pruning, and harvesting a bountiful crop. With tips on cultivating strawberries, raspberries, grapes, pears, peaches, and more, this essential reference guide will inspire year after year of abundantly fruitful gardening.


Grow Fruit Naturally

Grow Fruit Naturally

Author: Lee Reich

Publisher: Taunton Press

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 1600853560

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An illustrated guide to planting over thirty fruits using natural methods; with gardening basics; and pruning, pest control, and harvesting tips for each fruit.


Grow Fruit

Grow Fruit

Author: Alan Buckingham

Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd

Published: 2010-04-01

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 1405353864

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Fantastic fruit you can grow yourself, in e-book format From ripe berries bursting with juice, to apples, plums or cherries, it's easy to grow your own fruit, no matter how little room you have. Follow foolproof, step-by-step advice and all the practical know-how you need to fill your fruit bowl with home-grown produce. Choose from more than 50 different crops - from apples to strawberries and walnuts to whitecurrants. Use the quick-reference year planner to work out when to plant, prune and harvest and master the easy-to-follow techniques for all levels of expertise and every type of growing space - from allotments and greenhouses to patios and roof terraces. You don't need green fingers to grow great fruit.


The Home Orchard Handbook

The Home Orchard Handbook

Author: Cem Akin

Publisher: Quarry Books

Published: 2011-08-01

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1610602234

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Crisp apples, tart lemons, lush figs, tender peaches—imagine the bounty of a late-summer farmer’s market, right in your backyard! Learning how to plant and care for fruit trees is a desirable, accessible activity for a wide range of people. It’s a natural extension of many gardeners’ repertoires, and the investment yields generations of results. Growing your own fruit ensures a fresh, delicious, abundant harvest for your family and friends for years to come. Fruit trees diversify a region’s agricultural landscape and ecosystems, attracting pollinating bees, songbirds, and other desirable visitors. And cultivating orchards on your own decreases your reliance on grocery store distribution channels and boosts sustainability. Inside The Home Orchard Handbook, you'll find: —Strategies for choosing your orchard's site, taking into consideration soil quality, sun exposure, microclimates, drainage, and more —Information on plant selection, including what types of fruit trees do well in certain areas and how to decipher critical concepts such as "chill hours," "cultivars," "bareroot," and "cross-pollination" —Guidance on aftercare, including in-depth watering, composting, and preventative care schedules to keep your backyard orchard fruitful for years —Advice on troubleshooting diseases, conditions, and non-beneficial insects using only humane, organic remedies —General tips on jamming, dehydrating, storing, and otherwise making the most of your orchard’s harvest with delicious recipes from chefs Tal Ronnen and Diana Stobo Start growing your own fruit trees wherever you are with The Home Orchard Handbook!


Fruit Growing - The Complete Guide to Growing Fruit at Home

Fruit Growing - The Complete Guide to Growing Fruit at Home

Author: Jason Johns

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2014-09-19

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13: 9781502315816

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"Fruit Growing - The Complete Guide To Growing Fruit At Home" is for anyone who wants to know more about growing their own delicious fruit at home. Whether you are looking to grow a few plants or grow fruit on a larger scale you will find everything you need to know in this step-by-step guide. I wrote this book to give you everything you need to know about growing fruit whether you are a beginner, expert or have dabbled in growing fruit before. When you read this book you get tips, advice and guidance on growing fruit at home successfully plus how to harvest that fruit, store it, cook with it, preserve it and enjoy it for bountiful crops year after year. In "Fruit Growing - The Complete Guide To Growing Fruit At Home" you will discover: - What Fruit To Grow - tips and advice on what fruit to grow based on your local climate and personal preferences. - A to Z Of Growing Fruit - from almonds to walnuts and everything in between, a complete step by step detailing how to plant, care for, prune, harvest and cook for a wide variety of fruits plus learn what pests and diseases to look out for so you have productive and healthy plants year after year. - Month By Month Growing Calendar - telling you exactly what to do each month to keep your fruit garden productive and healthy. - Fruit Pruning Guide - learn exactly how you to prune your fruit trees and bushes without damaging the plants and to maximize fruit production. - Harvesting Guide - how to harvest your fruit without damaging them and when your fruit is ready ... I know ... you can't wait! - Common Fruit Growing Problems - some of the most common problems you will run in to when growing fruit and how to avoid them. - Fruit Planting Tips - advice on how to plant your fruit trees to give them the best start in life. - Fruit Growing Products - a guide to the bewildering array of products available to you as a fruit grower plus how to save money on them! - Detoxing With Fruit - how you can use fruit to improve your health and detox, saving hundreds on expensive products. - Fruity Beauty Treatments - use the fruit you grow as beauty products and cut out the chemicals and cost! - Super Foods In Your Garden - grow your own super foods which are packed with antioxidants to help combat disease and the signs of aging. - Canning And Bottling Fruit - store your harvest for later in the year with this guide. - Drying Fruit From Your Garden - learn how you can enjoy delicious dried fruit and preserve your crop. - Freezing Fruit - preserve your home-grown fruit for months with these simple methods so you can enjoy your fruit in the winter months. - Storing Your Fruit - which fruits you can store and how to store them for the winter months. - Delicious Fruit Recipes - more recipes you can make using your fresh fruit from your garden. - Getting Kids To Eat Fruit - a battle most parents will be familiar with and get some tips to help your children eat more fruit. - The Environment Impact Of Growing Your Own Fruit - not only do you get delicious fruit but you are helping the environment too when you grow your own fruit! Growing your own fruit is really good fun and high beneficial to your health. Whether you grow a few bushes or trees or start your own mini-farm in your garden there are plenty of benefits toy ou from growing your own fruit at home. Enjoy your adventure in to fruit growing as "Fruit Growing - The Complete Guide To Growing Fruit At Home" explains all about this exciting hobby. Discover today how growing your own fruit is simpler than you may have thought and has so many benefit for you. Simply click the link above to get started today.


Fruit Growing - the Complete Guide to Growing Fruit at Home

Fruit Growing - the Complete Guide to Growing Fruit at Home

Author: Jason Johns

Publisher:

Published: 2014-10-01

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13: 9781502553348

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"Fruit Growing - The Complete Guide To Growing Fruit At Home" is for anyone who wants to know more about growing their own delicious fruit at home.Whether you are looking to grow a few plants or grow fruit on a larger scale you will find everything you need to know in this step-by-step guide. I wrote this book to give you everything you need to know about growing fruit whether you are a beginner, expert or have dabbled in growing fruit before.When you read this book you get tips, advice and guidance on growing fruit at home successfully plus how to harvest that fruit, store it, cook with it, preserve it and enjoy it for bountiful crops year after year.In "Fruit Growing - The Complete Guide To Growing Fruit At Home" you will discover:- What Fruit To Grow - tips and advice on what fruit to grow based on your local climate and personal preferences.- A to Z Of Growing Fruit - from almonds to walnuts and everything in between, a complete step by step detailing how to plant, care for, prune, harvest and cook for a wide variety of fruits plus learn what pests and diseases to look out for so you have productive and healthy plants year after year.- Month By Month Growing Calendar - telling you exactly what to do each month to keep your fruit garden productive and healthy.- Fruit Pruning Guide - learn exactly how you to prune your fruit trees and bushes without damaging the plants and to maximize fruit production.- Harvesting Guide - how to harvest your fruit without damaging them and when your fruit is ready ... I know ... you can't wait!- Common Fruit Growing Problems - some of the most common problems you will run in to when growing fruit and how to avoid them.- Fruit Planting Tips - advice on how to plant your fruit trees to give them the best start in life.- Fruit Growing Products - a guide to the bewildering array of products available to you as a fruit grower plus how to save money on them!- Detoxing With Fruit - how you can use fruit to improve your health and detox, saving hundreds on expensive products.- Fruity Beauty Treatments - use the fruit you grow as beauty products and cut out the chemicals and cost!- Super Foods In Your Garden - grow your own super foods which are packed with antioxidants to help combat disease and the signs of aging.- Canning And Bottling Fruit - store your harvest for later in the year with this guide.- Drying Fruit From Your Garden - learn how you can enjoy delicious dried fruit and preserve your crop.- Freezing Fruit - preserve your home-grown fruit for months with these simple methods so you can enjoy your fruit in the winter months.- Storing Your Fruit - which fruits you can store and how to store them for the winter months.- Delicious Fruit Recipes - more recipes you can make using your fresh fruit from your garden.- Getting Kids To Eat Fruit - a battle most parents will be familiar with and get some tips to help your children eat more fruit.- The Environment Impact Of Growing Your Own Fruit - not only do you get delicious fruit but you are helping the environment too when you grow your own fruit!Growing your own fruit is really good fun and high beneficial to your health. Whether you grow a few bushes or trees or start your own mini-farm in your garden there are plenty of benefits toy ou from growing your own fruit at home.Enjoy your adventure in to fruit growing as "Fruit Growing - The Complete Guide To Growing Fruit At Home" explains all about this exciting hobby. Discover today how growing your own fruit is simpler than you may have thought and has so many benefit for you.Simply click the link above to get started today.


Growing Fruits & Vegetables Organically

Growing Fruits & Vegetables Organically

Author: Jean M. A. Nick

Publisher: Rodale Books

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 552

ISBN-13:

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Guide to growing herbs, vegetables, and fruits organically with practical easy to follow directions for planting, caring for crops, and more.


Fruit Trees for Every Garden

Fruit Trees for Every Garden

Author: Orin Martin

Publisher: Ten Speed Press

Published: 2019-08-27

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 0399580026

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Written by the long-time manager of the renowned Alan Chadwick Garden at the University of California, Santa Cruz, this substantial, authoritative, and beautiful full-color guide covers everything you need to know about organically growing healthy, bountiful fruit trees. WINNER OF THE AMERICAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY BOOK AWARD For more than forty years, Orin Martin has taught thousands of apprentices, students, and home gardeners the art and craft of growing fruit trees organically. In Fruit Trees for Every Garden, Orin shares--with hard-won wisdom and plenty of humor--his recommended fruit varieties and techniques for productive trees, including apple, pear, peach, plum, apricot, nectarine, sweet cherry, orange, lemon, fig, and more. If you crave crisp apples, juicy peaches, or varieties of fruit that can never be found in the store, they are all within reach in your own backyard. Whether you have one tree or a hundred, Orin gives you all the tools you need, from tree selection and planting practices to seasonal feeding guidelines and in-depth pruning tutorials. Along the way, you'll gain a deeper understanding of the core principles of organic gardening and soil stewardship: compost, cultivation, cover crops, and increasing biodiversity for a healthier garden. This book is more than just a gardening manual; it's designed to help you understand the why behind the how, allowing you to apply these techniques to your own slice of paradise and make the best choices for your individual trees. Filled with informative illustrations, full-color photography, and evocative intaglio etchings by artist Stephanie Martin, Fruit Trees for Every Garden is a striking and practical guide that will enable you to enjoy the great pleasure and beauty of raising homegrown, organic fruit for years to come.


The Home Orchard Handbook

The Home Orchard Handbook

Author: Cem Akin

Publisher: Fair Winds Press

Published: 2011-08

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 159253712X

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Start growing your own fruit trees wherever you are with 'The Home Orchard Handbook.'