Plan your Home Orchard
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008| November 8, 2008 | ||
| 10:00 am | to | 2:00 pm |
I’ve been dreamily thinking about lining our driveway with fruit trees and this is the perfect season to prepare for planting bare-root trees. I’d love a peach tree, a pear tree, a couple types of apple, and maybe a cherry tree. What are you thinking of planting? Do you have any recomendations, especially for our climate in the Sierra Foothills?
If you’re like me – full of questions and eager to enjoy the literal fruits of your labor in years to come – you may want to come to a workshop this Saturday at the NID gardens:
Home Orchards – Plan Before You Plant
Saturday, November 8, 2008, 10am – 12pm
Demonstration Garden, 1036 W. Main St., Grass Valley (on NID Grounds)
Free public workshop offered by UC Master Gardeners. Home Orchards – Plan Before You Plant. Learn to find the right site for your trees; determine how many trees to plant; choose trees that will grow well in your soil; plant your trees for long-term growth; water, prune, and tend your new trees.
I’d also suggest previewing our fruit and nut trees. The large majority of them are sold as bare-root trees. Bare-root trees are more economical, adjust to your native soil better than the potted variety, and are cheaper to ship. If you don’t live in the foothills, you can order 10 fruit trees and just pay one flat rate $30 shipping fee.
