Today's Tip: Mow vegetation short around the base of fruit trees and bushes to reduce winter habitat for rodents.
Are you wondering when to prune your fruit trees? Are bugs bugging your berry patch? Do you need hands-on advice to create a fruitful berry garden and home orchard? It’s at your finger tips right here - Stella Otto, horticulturist, teacher, and award winning author shares her years of experience and answers your questions while guiding you on the path to many fruitful harvests!
October 18, 2016
Fall is most often viewed as the season for harvesting the last bountiful crops from the garden. However, many gardeners overlook an even more important garden activity — preparing a new garden for next spring. When creating a fruit garden, home orchard, or other garden for that matter, preparation is especially important. Preparing the garden at […]
June 20, 2016
We are all critically dependent on pollinators for our food, whether we grow our own or buy it at the market. Pollinators are responsible for production of nearly 75 percent of the plants we eat. That translates to one in three bites of the food and drink we consume daily. Take a moment to consider how […]
May 9, 2016
What fun! The Backyard Orchardist is getting to meet new fruit gardener friends all over the country as we go on virtual tour. We’re stopping in to visit a number of gardening, homesteading, and permaculture blogs and hope you will join us in visiting these great stops. Here are some past stops, with more to […]
Stella Otto has a B.S. in Horticulture, fruit production specialization, from Michigan State University. She resides in northern Michigan’s Leelanau county, Cherry Capital of the world. She gardens together with her husband, son, and daughter. Their 2 horses contribute copiously to the compost pile, while their 3 cats handle some pest control patrol.
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