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Welcome to the online community of the Holistic Orchard Network. Join with other growers to explore what it takes to grow healthy fruit, find organic inspiration, and make new tree-minded friends. The cutting edge discussion in our forum is geared towards folks growing fruit as part of their living, and certainly open to all to read and learn. Wassail! |
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I am planning to run a series of nutrient tests this year where we making a number of plant teas (fresh and fermented) from a variety of medicinal herbs for use on plants. I am seeking a reliable lab ...
- Mike Biltonen posted: 11May |
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Here we go again looking for some information to curtail the borer activity in our orchard.
We have 450 cider apple trees on B118. We have grafted and planted out most of these ourselv...
- Joanne Corkum posted: 5May |
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This is some kind of collar rot that I found on a young apple tree yesterday.
All the top of the tree looks healthy and the tree has been very vigorous last summer.
However, at ground level, the ba...
- Claude Jolicoeur posted: 2May |
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is the table of contents for our online orchard community, and therefore the perfect place to begin exploring. Position your cursor over any of the links, give a click, and a new window opens. We invite you to poke around, have fun, and to read more about our basic site protocols.In Memoriam
A thoughtful example of how our thinking will continue to progress even though we have lost our organic apple guru Michael: A Postcard from the Berkshire Roundtable 2022
& going forward
The new moderator of the Forum has posted a brief summary of his new responsibilities and approach here.
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a snapshot from one of our Grower Profiles
Westwind OrchardAccord, New YorkFabio Chizzola writes: “When I started pruning my old trees, many winters ago, I would always turn around to see who was behind me, and realized thet these intricate, wrinkly and fascinating apple trees, were giving me the illusion of people moving. As simple as it sounds, I planted new trees to be able to see how they grow and how they will look like in 20 years under my stewardship.” The Network becomes all the more engaging as orchardists get to know each other better. Posting a grower profile allows other growers to learn about your farm, your trees, your philosophy. > |
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