Simple, Organic and Sustainable
2016 certainly has been one of my best years in the garden and on YouTube. I produced more food than I ever had before out of the same space and preserved more as well. To top things off the grapes that I got from my grandfather’s finally produced this year and I have been enjoying…
With the 2016 gardening season coming to an end it is time to reflect on what went well and what did not. I do this every year so that I can learn and improve how much food I am able to produce from my small urban garden. As mentioned in the video here are links…
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…
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…
Espalier is an ancient method of shaping a woody plant to fit certain spaces. Traditionally these are fruit producing trees and they are shaped using trellis and support to fit into a two dimensional space. It is a great method to fit fruiting trees in small spaces such as against a building or fence. Apples…