Today's Tip: Fireblight or black knot infested branches are best pruned out while trees are still dormant
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!
March 10, 2014
To Remain Nameless; what a strange title for a book on fruit gardening. Well, actually that’s not the title of the book. I decided to take this approach since I have encountered a book on my review list that is so full of deficiencies and misinformation that it really should not be in your library. Normally, […]
March 3, 2014
I’ve seen this popular “internet legend” floating around in a lot of forums, social media sites, and other venues lately. Yes, technically you can grow an apple, peach, cherry — you name it — tree from seed. After all that is how they originally started.…..eons ago, that is. However, most of these cyber-mentions I’ve seen are […]
February 28, 2014
Or is that Goober fashion? Really, I don’t know this guy. He just wandered in mumbling something about needing to get to Savannah for a sweet tango. “Fourteen below, it’s time to go.” Note to Bossman: This man needs a vacation REALLY badly! TTFN. More after we enjoy a little work at the SweeTango® growers’ meeting and some […]
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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