Category Archives: Planning a fruit garden
Fall Preparation Holds Keys to Successful Spring Fruit Garden
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 […]
A Compact, Fruitful Garden Plan
As promised last post, here is a sketch of a model fruit garden that I saw during a workshop last summer at the Berkshire Botanical Garden. This compact garden could be used or modified slightly to fit even the smallest suburban lot. I’ve embellished the original design with a few additional ideas of my own. […]
10 More Words to Help You Demystify Fruit Nursery Catalogs — Part 2
In Part 1 of this post, I covered a number of terms frequently found in tree fruit nursery catalogs. Some also apply to small fruit. The following terms, and their “codes” in parentheses, are more commonly found in berry and vine fruit nursery catalogs: Tissue cultured plug/plant (TC) — This is a clone, typically taken from […]
10 Words to Help You Demystify Fruit Nursery Catalogs
With the new year upon us, visions of nursery catalogs and plant orders dance in our heads. This can be an overwhelming time, especially for the novice fruit grower. All the variety descriptions sound so perfect. I always want one of everything! As I come back to reality — tempered by lack of money, space, […]