January 15, 2013 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley

Have you ever massaged a persimmon? Hoshigaki massage is one way to preserve persimmons, and enhance their sweetness too. There are many ways to preserve persimmons. In our new video Tricia talks about…
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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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July 13, 2012 - GrowOrganic
July 11, 2012 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley

Prune cherry, apricot, and pluot trees in the summer, not the winter. These trees are susceptible to water-borne diseases and winter pruning cuts provide dangerous openings for damage in rainy weather.…
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November 18, 2011 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley

Here at Peaceful Valley we love to help people find and grow fruit trees Our in-house videos and articles bring you research-based information about fruit trees—from choosing, planting and pruning,…
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September 27, 2011 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley

Keep your summer harvest to enjoy in the wintertime—without canning. Have you tried drying food? Bet you thought about dried apricots just now. You can dry all sorts of fruits and vegetables, and…
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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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