We waited all summer for early apples to start ripening and then life got crazy, and I forgot to post this lol! We have been picking our earliest apples for about a month now. Our first early apples truly ripened around August 10th but we had been taste-testing them since the end of July with […]
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Staking a Young Fruit Tree: Video
How important is it to stake fruit trees? Staking a fruit tree that is this young often seems like overkill, but training young fruit trees is important for your trees health and longevity.
Seed Grown vs. Grafted Fruit Trees
Seed grown versus grafted trees Recently I have been getting some questions about whether it is best to grow trees from seed or graft using known rootstock and scion wood. This debate has been an extremely polarizing one in recent years. Lets break down the pros and cons of both and try to decide what […]
6 Months of Fruit: A fruit by Season Guide
After the recent article about choosing the right blueberry varieties for expanding your harvest I got a lot of questions about expanding the harvest in general. Most of the questions have revolved around what plants or trees to select if your goal is to be picking fruit all summer long. With that premise in mind […]
What to do with a Forgotten Orchard
I have been getting so many questions lately I have decided to share them here so that we can all learn from each others questions. I am calling them Edible Questions and it should be a weekly deal provided the questions keep coming. So if you have any edible plant and tree questions email me […]