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Forget 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 consumption
Choose varieties with increased disease resistance
Select plants that grow well in your climate
Maintain your fruiting plants correctly to encourage years of prolific harvests
With modern, dwarf varieties, and help from Grow Your Own Mini Fruit Garden, a healthy, high-yielding garden filled with fruit-producing plants is possible—even in the smallest of yards.
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
