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Fruit Tree Site Selection, Planting, & Aftercare
A guide to getting your tree into the ground.
So you bought a fruit tree and managed to get it home unharmed. Congratulations on your new arrival! Now what?
WINTER: Orchard Care Task-List
DID YOU THINK WINTER WAS A TIME OF REST?
Lace up your waterproof boots, and dig out your warmest gloves, because we’re climbing right in and won’t be stopping until bud break!
Troubleshooting Stone Fruits In The Pacific Northwest
In this post we focus on problems you are most likely to encounter in this region along with some basic remedies and preventative measures.
Organic Codling Moth Control
One of the most troublesome of all apple and pear pests an organic orchardist might expect to encounter is the CODLING MOTH aka Cydia pomonella. If you only learn about one orchard pest this year, let it be this one.
Mushy Berries and Infested Fruits?
Spotlight on Spotted Wing Drosophila. Monitor, Trap, and Control Infestation Using Organic Growing Practices.
Meet The Hoop Bender!
A Versatile DIY Tool That Can Extend The Growing Season & Protect Your Plants From Critters & Weather Extremes!
Orchard Hygiene: Creepy Crawlies & Mummies Be Gone!
Your beautiful orchard is teeming with all kinds of creepy crawly critters & fungal covered mummies!
Eeek, ewe, very spooky!
Woodpeckers: Orchard Friend Or Foe?
That unmistakable tap tap tapping sound. A woodpecker drilling away at one of the trees in your beloved orchard. Is it time for panic or celebration?
UPCOMING HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS
