March 28, 2013 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley

Make your organic orchard bountiful by fertilizing your fruit trees. In our latest, research-based video, Tricia explains IF, when, and how much to fertilize your fruit trees. Keep reading here to learn…
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December 27, 2012 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley

You’re ready to plant a fruit tree—but how do you decide on the best pruning and training system? We’ve got easy answers for you. The University of California says pruning and training…
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December 28, 2011 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley

Sharpening your pruning tools makes yard work easier for you and keeps your trees, shrubs and plants healthy. SHARP TOOLS HELP YOU How many times have you attempted a pruning cut and grumbled when your…
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August 11, 2011 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
We’ve got some unusual deer-resistant plants in our Grass Valley nursery right now. Are any of these new to you? Our nursery specializes in deer-resistant, drought-tolerant, and native plants. Nursery…
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June 25, 2011 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley

It’s easy to get carried away by the virtues of lavender. Here are the somber reasons to plant it: Drought tolerant Deer resistant Easy care (cut back once a year) There are lots of fun reasons too:…
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June 16, 2011 - Stephanie from Peaceful Valley

Ever have the feeling your fruit trees were going in cycles? Well, it might not be your imagination. Some species of fruit trees can fall into what is called “alternate bearing”, meaning one…
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June 14, 2011 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley

TREE & FRUIT HEALTH ARE AFFECTED BY TREE SIZE Summer pruning fruit trees controls undesirable growth on a tree by removing energy-wasting water sprouts. Summer is also a good time to remove leafy upper…
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February 7, 2011 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley

With all the bare root fruit trees for sale, how do you decide? Fruit Trees Multi-Graft Trees Nut Trees Grow what you love to eat—the fruits you look forward to all year—from your own bare…
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December 16, 2010 - Stephanie from Peaceful Valley
It is tree day here at Peaceful Valley. Every year our friends down at Dave Wilson in Hickam, CA send us a semi-truck packed top to bottom, front to back with something in the neighborhood of 10,000 bare-root…
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November 19, 2010 - Stephanie from Peaceful Valley
Pluots®, Apriums®, Peacotums® and Nectaplums® are just a few of the delicious things that we have Floyd Zaiger, the founder of Zaiger Genetics Inc., to thank for. In the world of genetically modified…
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