Out to the Orchard

Open this folder to find topics covering the gamut of orchard management. Posts here can be logically placed within the category index, just one click away. The ongoing nature of this approach allows growers to keep a knowledge-based conversation going, year after year after year.

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Arboreal Microbes Grower forays into competitive colonization, microbe brews, and microbe-mediated foliar nutrition deserve attention. Let this forum be the place to celebrate and explore bacterial and fungal allies up in the tree canopy. RSS	22	120	March 08, 2022 06:37AM
Bacterial Opportunists Fire blight and the rest: sanitation, competitive canopy environment, varietal resistance, useful medicines. RSS	20	110	May 24, 2022 06:19AM
Biodynamic Orcharding Rudolf Steiner suggested the core precepts that became biodynamic agriculture. Zero in on how you apply these principles to healthy orcharding. RSS	4	27	April 11, 2021 08:08PM
Bug by Bug Orchard insect pests: biology, points of vulnerability, trap thresholds, spray specifics, natural predators, ecosystem balance. RSS	65	388	September 20, 2022 04:51PM
Cider Maker's Handbook What wine does for grapes, cider does for apples. Explore the fermenter's art from every angle. Farm reserve ciders are a happening scene. Huzzah! RSS	8	41	November 09, 2022 02:14AM
Ecosystem Connections Beneficial relationships between the insect realm, understory plants, and the orchard fertility loop. PERMACULTURE design principles take root here. RSS	19	87	October 26, 2021 04:39PM
Fungal Pathogens The whole gamut of fungal disease concerns, from disease specifics to old school organics (mineral fungicides) to biological innovation. RSS	46	269	July 28, 2022 05:18PM
Good Fruit Marketing Share about fruit pricing strategies, sensible grading, marketing outlets, value-added products, labeling tips, and customer satisfaction. RSS	20	106	January 30, 2022 02:40AM
Grafting Tips on starting fruit trees along with discussion of longevity factors, vascular flow, and more. RSS	40	183	March 25, 2022 05:26PM
Grower Research We understand that allopathic spray medicines of whatever persuasion make up for specific biological and nutritional deficiencies in the orchard. Ergo, investing in soil health, foliar health, diverse biology, and plant allies makes all the sense in the world for growing healthy fruit. Here's where we prove it. RSS	18	96	May 12, 2022 06:12PM
Healthy Harvest Insights for bringing in all those bushels of fruit, storage options, grading efficiency, and making the best use of help. RSS	10	47	July 25, 2022 03:38PM
Mammalian Tales Critter solutions from voles and crows to deer and yes, even beavers! RSS	17	77	May 10, 2022 05:13PM
Orchard Systems Get on the ol' rootstock bandwagon! Along with talk of trellis systems, in-row management, tree spacing, and interplanting. RSS	25	125	April 12, 2022 02:45PM
Organic Thinning Techniques, observations, and frustrations related to fruit crop loading, return bloom, and biennial bearing. RSS	15	76	June 08, 2022 01:45PM
Pollination Being about the ways of bees, native pollinators, weather challenges, attractant sprays, frost protection, and blossom viability RSS	11	55	May 01, 2021 04:23PM
Pruning Do we dare open up this Pandora's Box of orcharding technique? You betcha! RSS	36	137	March 27, 2022 04:21PM
Sensible Equipment Ask other growers about sprayers, mowers, scythes, pruning tools, tractors, row-mulchers, wood chippers, cider presses, fermenting vats, and more. RSS	49	275	September 18, 2022 02:53AM
Spray Nuance Calcium uptake, herbal fermentation, liquid fish, pure neem oil, pest options, the mineral fungicides, impact of same on microbes ... from timing and tank mixing to sourcing spray materials and evaluating effectiveness. RSS	73	358	November 19, 2022 08:53PM
Starting an Orchard Biological insights for prepping ground, cover crops, recommended soil amendments, and establishing fungal dominance in the soil RSS	22	120	August 12, 2022 01:09AM
Tree Fruit Nutrition Soil test interpretation, plant sap analysis, organic amendments, orchard compost, cation balance, micronutrients, fertigation ... all for growing "nutrient dense" fruit. RSS	35	158	June 23, 2022 06:18PM
Understory Management Forest edge ecology, mulch options, irrigation, mycorrhizal consciousness, tree root cycles, the great grass debate, and more! RSS	36	153	February 18, 2022 05:46AM