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 […]
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Fruit Trees with No Fruit?!? Here’s how to Solve the Mystery
So you planted a few fruit trees and for some reason you still haven’t gotten any fruit, what gives? Fruit trees have many benefits and uses: enhancing the beauty of the landscape, bird habit, pollen sources for bees, and above all and probably why you planted them in the first place is the potential fruit […]
Edible Living Fence
What is Edible Living Fencing you might ask? Well it is exactly what it sounds like, it is a plant or tree that is grown, planted, or trained into a fence type row. Now make sure the plant or tree you use for this fence planting is edible and you have an edible living fence row. Yes […]
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 […]
Expanding the Harvest with Blueberries
If you are like me you want to get a prolonged harvest of fresh picked fruit. Recently I have been getting a bunch of questions about extending the harvest. An easy way to do this is by carefully selecting what you plant. One of my favorite berries is the blueberry, let’s use the blueberry as […]
Easy Pick Bramble Patch
Raspberries and blackberries are one of my favorite berries to grow and eat at home but most people shy away from growing brambles because of the thorns. Let’s explore the pros and cons of growing brambles at home and why I think you should consider an easy pick bramble patch for your backyard. At the […]
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Interesting Edibles: Honeyberries
What is a Honeyberry you might be asking? Well if you haven’t heard of the honeyberry or haskap you are in for a treat. Honeyberries grow much like a blueberry without the need for the acidic soil. Honeyberries grow to about the same size and similar shape to the highbush blueberry. An upright and bushy […]