Fruit Growing The Complete Guide To Growing Fruit At Home

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

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.

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.

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.

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!

Growing fruit at home can be an enjoyable activity that provides nutritious food for your family. This publication describes how to choose the best varieties; select sites; prepare soil; plant, prune and train shrubs and trees; and deal with diseases and pests.

Developed especially for use by backyard orchardists, rare fruit growers, and small-scale growers, The Home Orchard offers a comprehensive look at standard growing methods, as well as some innovative practices that enthusiasts have developed in recent years, some of which are uniquely suited to the small-scale grower. You will learn how trees grow, which species grow best in the different regions and soils, varieties from which to select, preparing the soil, planting, watering and fertilizing, pruning and grafting, thinning the fruit, diagnosing problems, controlling pests, and harvesting. You'll also find special attention given to organic and non-toxic pest management and fertilization methods. Key pests and diseases are identified and natural control methods are emphasized. Irrigation methods for the backyard grower are discussed and the difficult task of how often and how much water to apply is simplified. The focus is on giving the trees enough water but doing so in an efficient, water-saving manner. Included are hundreds of photographs and diagrams that clearly show how to produce the best crops. Photos of several practices, such as key budding and grafting methods, are depicted in step-by-step photos. No other publication provides this breadth and depth of coverage --

"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.

Wonderlands of bounty and beauty, orchards offer an abundance of fruit in a wildlife haven full of diversity. A well-managed orchard works with nature to provide maximum harvest for minimal effort. Wade Muggleton has distilled 20 years of orchard know-how into this practical handbook to help you plan, plant and manage your orchard, whatever your garden size or budget. With his expert guidance you can have an orchard on any plot--garden, yard, allotment or smallholding--and both maximise your harvest and minimise your outlay. The book covers: Rootstocks and fruit varieties Planting plans Maintenance strategies Pruning Propagation Eco-friendly pest and disease management Harvesting Storing Preserving the harvest The diversity, history and heritage of apples and other fruit trees is fascinating, and Wade's passion for them is infectious. Let him draw you into a world of apples and pears, walnuts and cobnuts, cherries and plums; of ancient varieties such as quince, medlar and mulberry; and even of juicy apricots, figs and peaches. Imagine having organic fruit all year round from your own little nature haven and use Wade's tried and tested experience to create your perfect orchard.

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.