Simple, Organic and Sustainable
Last week I spoke about how who I plan my orchard of food producing perennials. Near the end of that video I spoke about the fact that you can increase the number of varieties you have through a process called grafting without having to plant another tree. Today I am going to go through collecting…
On this Vlog I have a few perennial moves to be before the plants but out. So I get to the project moving three low bush blueberries and a honey crisp apple before they bud out. I also go into some detail on where the Alberta Urban Garden is and why I settled here in…
How to properly prune fruit bearing trees If you have a new fruit producing tree or have an older tree that has never been pruned this week we will touch on the basic principles of pruning fruit bearing trees. Pruning will help promote a healthy productive tree that is better able to fight diseases. Late…
It is the middle of August and the early ripening apples are ready in Alberta. Generally you can tell when apples are ready when they come off with a light touch and or taste sweet. Unfortunately you can also tell when large numbers of apples fall off the tree by themselves. This leads me to…
Now most of us can with carrying success reach the apples that grow in the lower limb but what happens when there are plenty of fantastic apples growing well out of reach? Today I thought I would show you the tip a good friend of mine showed me this week as I was harvesting our…