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This mini course is exclusive to buyers of Susan Poizner's Book Grow Fruit Trees Fast. This course explores the right (and wrong!) ways to grow organic fruit trees successfully and quickly!
Growing fruit trees can be incredibly rewarding, but battling pests is a constant challenge. From Japanese beetles to codling moths, these insects can wreak havoc on your fruit trees and destroy your harvest. Many growers turn to pesticide sprays, including organic ones, but they can damage the environment - and pests can become resistant over […]
Make your fruit trees more fruitful! Learn how to weigh down fruit tree branches using limb spreaders and tree weights.
What causes apple mummies on your apple trees and are they a sign of fruit tree fungus? Find out in this article, podcast and video.
Discover the best way to water fruit trees to improve tree health and the quality of the harvest. Learn when, where and how to water effectively for healthier, more fruitful trees.
If you are having challenges with your fruit tree's health and productivity, you may be over-fertilizing it!
Learn how to protect your fruit trees from frost with water, covers and even a gas grill!
Rabbits can seriously damage or even kill young fruit trees when they nibble on tree bark. Learn how to protect your fruit trees in 10-minutes or less in this article.
Many types of fruit trees won't survive in a very cold climate. But winter hardy apple trees can thrive in USDA zones 2-4. This article highlights some of the best winter hardy apple trees.
Learn about 8 of the most historic - and most delicious - heirloom peach varieties that you can grow in your garden.
Learn how to turn your backyard into a food forest in three steps in this article, video and podcast.
Homemade foliar sprays are a great way to help fruit trees fulfil their potential. Learn how to make them and use them in this article, video and podcast.
Discover how holistic sprays for fruit trees may help prevent fruit tree pests and diseases by boosting your tree's health.
A Toronto based researcher discovers native bees aren't the only creatures who benefit from the trendy new "bee hotels".
When it comes to growing apple trees, there is a hard way and an easy way. Learn all about it in this blog post.
Do fruit trees need probiotics? Learn about the development of bio-fertilizers in this blog.
If blueberries are native plants in North America, why are they so hard to grow? Learn the secrets of growing blueberries in this interview and podcast.
Learn how to prune old apple trees.Pruning these old fruit trees will result in better quality fruit and habitat for beneficial insects and wildlife.
If you want a fruit tree that produces fruit you'll love, you'll probably buy a grafted fruit tree or you will graft a tree yourself. Learn the science behind grafting in this article.
If you live in a cold climate, growing a lemon tree indoors is still possible. Learn how in this article.
How will climate change affect fruit trees, orchards, and permaculture gardens? Find out in this interview with Cornell University's Greg Peck, Ph.D.
What should you do with heirloom fruit? Learn to make heirloom fruit recipes with a grower, a historic cook and a culinary historian.
This apple current recipe stems back to the 1820s where it was served as a pudding on tables in Regency England.
This spiced pear pie was first written up in a cookbook in England in the 1500s and it still tastes great today.
This historic apple pudding has a surprise ingredient: potatoes! The recipe comes cookbook from Essex, England in 1845.
Wondering how to prepare your fruit trees for winter? Find out in this blog and in our free eBook.
Thinking of planting a fruit tree? Be sure to order your tree from a specialist fruit tree nursery. Download our free fruit tree nursery resource list in this article.
Comparing bug-busting Ochard Sox, sandwich bags, and gift bags...which offer better protection for apple trees against insect pests?
Tree leaves can indicate nutritional deficiencies, as well as pest and disease problems. Learn how to understand what tree leaves are saying.
Discover the best apple varieties from the past as well as more modern varieties. Learn how to organize an apple tasting party.
How will tracking the weather with a home weather station help you protect your fruit trees from pests and diseases?
Wondering when to prune fruit trees? In this blog, we explore which trees benefit most from winter pruning and when summer pruning is best.
The debate is raging from Toronto, Canada to Basel, Switzerland - should we plant fruit trees and community orchards in public parks? Fans of urban agriculture say yes, but city authorities don't always agree.
Some say nitrogen-fixing trees improve the soil in your garden or orchard. Others say they are a waste of space. Learn more in this article.
At Monticello, explore the historic home and orchards of one of America's first pomologists - Thomas Jefferson!
Have you got little bits of oozing goop coming out of nooks and crannies on your cherry tree? It might be bacterial canker. What do you do about it?
Mulch can help fruit trees in a variety of ways. Learn more in this ultimate guide to fruit tree mulches.
If your trees leaves are spotty and the tree is stressed, mites may be to blame! Learn about mites in this article.
Learn how fruit trees' nutritional needs change throughout the seasons with Tree Fruit Production Extension Specialist Robert Crassweller, Ph.D. from Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences
When to plant bare root trees? The best time to plant bare root trees is in the spring or fall when the trees are dormant. But planting day weather conditions make a difference.
Award-winning Author Eric Toensmeier explains how to turn your yard or orchard into a permaculture garden. It doesn't have to be difficult - get started today with these five easy steps.
Growing hazelnut trees and growing truffles can go hand-in-hand. Learn about it in this interview and podcast.
Should you pay more for a larger fruit tree to plant in your garden? Will that lead to a healthier tree and bigger harvest? It may not...read this article to learn why.
Learn how to grow beach plums that are tough and can thrive in cool climates or even in sandy soil.
Looking for small garden ideas? Consider creating an edible landscape, with compact fruit trees and berry shrubs.
Learn how to grow nutrient-rich Sea buckthorn berries with plant breeder Bill Schroeder of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
Orchard consultant Mike Biltonen explains when to spray apple trees to protect them from pests and diseases.
Pawpaw fruit is all the rage in parts of North America where this native tree is making a comeback. But the history of the pawpaw fruit goes way back. Learn how to grow pawpaws in this article.
Cover crops can fight weeds and erosion and improve soil...but they can also attract fruit tree pests!
Your tree may be struggling. Sometimes a pest or disease problem is to blame. But other times it is a nutrient deficiency and the only way to find out is by doing a soil or plant tissue test.
You have a great harvest. But how can you store your home-grown harvest so it stays fresh over the winter months?
Learn about some of the top community orchard projects that are blooming across North America.
Learn three steps to restoring old orchards and bringing old fruit trees back to life, with Barb Burhill of City Fruit in Seattle.
Is chicken manure good for fruit trees? Not always. Read this blog to find on when to use this popular fertilizer.
Wassailing is an ancient English tradition, stemming back to pagan times, in which the community encourages a great apple harvest by singing and dancing in their apple orchards. See wassailing in action in this video blog post!
When it comes to fruit tree care skills, practice makes perfect. That's what the interns have discovered who are involved in the the fruit tree care internship project at San Romanoway in Toronto's Jane and Finch area.
Jesuit pear trees produce pears that are sweet, spicy and very rare. This cultivar has been growing in North America since the 1700s, and it is disease resistant. Is it time for a Jesuit pear revival?