To grow your own organic fruits is a nice way to get in the garden, stay in nature and benefit wildlife. Most of our fruits these days are imported (even apples!) yet it’s fairly easy to grow all kinds of native fruits (that includes tomatoes which are fruits, not vegetables). Small gardens can grow dwarf vareities that just need a bit of special pruning, to keep them down to size.
Keep fresh compost away from pets. Learn how to make your garden safe for pets (fruit pips & seeds contain natural cyanide). Use humane ways to prevent slugs/snails, and avoid large-hole netting (traps wildlife), instead apply fruit protection bags (after pollination). Never face indoor foliage to gardens, to help stop birds flying into windows.
Grow a Little Fruit Tree is a book by an expert pruner to show you how to grow your own apples, figs, plums, cherries, pears, apricots and peaches, even in the smallest backyard. These fruit trees are easy to maintain and make a lovely addition to any home landscape. To avoid pruning thorn accidents, get yourself a pair of vegan gardening gloves (created by a Kew-trained horticulturalist, profits are used to fund the founder’s animal sanctuary on Dartmoor). If you wash them, do so in a microplastic catcher, as they’re made from a polyester blend.
Grow Your Own Mini Fruit Garden shows how to grow mini dwarf varieties of fruit trees, bushes, vines and plants, in this bible of small-space fruit growing. Turn your urban yard into a fruit factory, with tips on edible container fruit gardens, and how to grow more food in less space. Grow organically by choosing disease-resistant varieties and select plants that grow well in your climate. Learn how to maintain your fruit plants, for years of harvests.
Leaves, Roots & Fruits is the perfect guide to help you plant an organic kitchen garden. If you dream of walking to your kitchen with baskets of homegrown fruits, here’s the book to help – even if you don’t have space, sun, time or experience. Required reading for tomato growers! Nicole Johnsey Burkey has taught thousands of students to build their own kitchen gardens.
the beginner’s guide to growing fruit trees
The Beginner’s Guide to Growing Fruit Trees is the ideal guide to learn how to grow your own juicy fruits, but you’re nervous about pruning, harvesting and pollination. Learn how to choose healthy fruit trees and plan long-term success with pruning and grafting basics, and choosing the perfect soil, even with limited space.
Do you choose rootballed, container or bare root trees? This book has all the answers plus info on planting and taking and simple techniques to use rainwater and smart irrigate systems to water your trees. It also looks at eco-friendly ways to protect trees from disease, for nice organic fruits. You’ll even learn how to bring old fruit trees back to life, and learn effective methods to shape and train trees, so they keep at a size small enough for your own garden space.
The book concludes with hints for a permaculture-style sustainable food forest, along with explaining the secrets of pollination, inviting birds and bees to your mini orchard. Read this book and watch your fruit trees flourish!
Imagine looking out your window at sun-ripened peaches, glossy red apples and plums hanging from tree branches. Imagine going for an evening stroll in your backyard with bare feet, picking a bright red apple off the branch, and crunching into it. All this can be a reality! Get ready to bring paradise to your doorstep.
Sophie McKay is an emerging star in the world of sustainable gardening and permaculture. Passionate about self-sufficiency, foraging and food preservation, she loves to help readers gain independence by growing their own food, and also helping to repair the planet in small ways. She believes that with the right knowledge, anyone can grow their own food, becoming less dependent on major economies. She loves to cook, bringing out the natural flavours of her homegrown produce, cooked in her family’s home in the countryside.