Historic Aerial Photo Reveals New Farm Details (& Old Fruit Trees)
May 17, 2022The discovery of an aerial photograph from the 1930s allows one farmer to turn back the clock and learn more about the history of his farm.
How To Prune & Rejuvenate Fruit Trees In An Old Orchard
January 4, 2022Restore your old orchard to its former glory with a few nips, clips and some maintenance. In time, you’ll enjoy a bounty from your healthy fruit trees.
UF Hack: Renew Fruit Trees With Pollarding
January 18, 2016Give an old, unproductive orchard tree new life with this historical pruning method.
5 Orchard Enemies and How to Control Them Naturally [VIDEO]
July 18, 2014Protect your fruit trees and ensure an abundant fruit or nut harvest by keeping these orchard pests out!
Fruit for the Fourth
July 4, 2013Our little fruit trees are doing quite well this year. Although they’re only 6 years old, we are already getting a few pieces of fruit on some of them.
Graft Bombing
April 13, 2012Photo courtesy of iStockphoto/Thinkstock Guerrilla Grafters is converting city streets into food forests. Taking the underground gardening movement to a new level, San Francisco-based activist group, Guerrilla Grafters, helps fruit grow — on urban, non-fruit-bearing trees. The ultimate goal is to “turn city streets into food forests.” There are many public ornamental fruit trees lining […]
Deer Problems Return
January 6, 2011For the past several years we have had a bit of a deer problem in our front yard and garden. When we moved into our house, I knew there was the potential for deer problems, and they seem to be getting worse as time goes on.
