Description
Book SynopsisForget the farmer’s market. Grow your own delicious, organic apples, figs, peaches, plums, strawberries, blackberries, citrus fruits, and more with Grow Your Own Mini Fruit Garden. No green thumb required. Even
beginners become successful fruit 'farmers' with the techniques and advice offered by author Christy Wilhelmi, the force behind the popular gardening website, Gardenerd. Selecting the best
small-scale fruit trees, bushes, vines, and plants for your climate, siting them properly, and
pruning your compact trees for health and productivity are some of the many topics covered in the pages of this
bible of small-space fruit growing.
You’ll also discover how to:
- Turn your urban, suburban, or rural garden into a fruit factory, no matter its size
- Maximize production from edible container fruit gardens
- Grow more food in less space
- Limit your family’s synthetic pesticide co
Trade Review
"...you’ll be almost overwhelmed with tips and techniques for creating what can only be described as a wonderland dreamscape, but with Wilhelmi’s immersive knowledge, could actually be rendered into reality. The book is a one-stop shop—vertical gardening, arbor making, espalier building, tree grafting, soil prep, compost building, drainage designing, container gardening, pruning strategies, drip irrigation building, disease resistance techniques, pest control, feeding and fertilization, and finally harvesting." -- Beth Py-Lieberman * Washington Gardener Magazine *
"Many green thumbs for this book...it’s a great read. Highly recommended." -- Andrew Messinger * The Hampton Gardener/27East.com *
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the world of small-space fruit gardening
CHAPTER 1 What’s a Mini Fruit Garden?
CHAPTER 2 Here’s to Your Success!
CHAPTER 3 Choosing the Best Fruit Trees for Your Climate
CHAPTER 4 Grafted Trees and Their Importance to Small-Scale Home Orchards
CHAPTER 5 Let’s Get Planting!
CHAPTER 6 Berries and Other Fruits
CHAPTER 7 Caring for Your Home Fruit Garden
CHAPTER 8 Pruning for Production, Size, and Structure
CHAPTER 9 Managing Pests and Diseases
Last Thoughts
Appendix A
Resources
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Index
