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 and nut trees -- from choosing, planting, pruning, pest and disease control, and how to use and preserve the fruit harvest. Here's a guide to all of our of fruit and nut tree educational resources we have available for you, listed by topic:
Choosing Fruit Trees
Articles
- Best Pollination for your Fruit Trees
- Chill Hours: What are they, how do I count them, and why do my fruit trees care?
- What is your USDA Plant Hardiness Zone?
- Fruit and Nut Trees Need to Chill Out for Winter
- How to Choose Olive Trees Choose the Right Avocado for Your Region
- Does Your Avocado Have an A flower or a B flower?
Planting & Caring for Your Fruit Trees
Videos
- Shipping and Heeling In Bare Root Trees
- Plant a Bare Root Fruit Tree
- Planting a Potted Fruit Tree
- Planting Olives Growing Avocados
- Fertilizing Your Fruit Trees
- Growing Walnut Trees
- Growing Almonds
- Growing Mulberries
- Persimmons
- How to Grow Pomegranates
- Bare Root Fruit Tree Myths
Articles
- Fruit Tree Dormancy
- Plant a Bare Root Tree
- Caring for your Bare Root Fruit & Nut Trees
- Fruit Tree Essentials for Planting & Care
- Planting Fig Trees and other Potted Fruit Trees
- How to Grow Pomegranates
- Growing Olives in Zone 7
- Fruit & Nut Tree Planting & Growing Guide
- Potted Fruit Tree Planting & Growing Guide
- Citrus Tree Planting & Growing Guide
- Olive Tree Planting & Growing Guide
- When and How to Fertilize Your Fruit Trees—Use Our Online Calculator
- Companion Plants that Tolerate Black Walnut Toxicity
- Summertime Fruit Tree Care
- Debunking Bare Root Fruit Tree Myths
Pruning & Grafting Fruit Trees
Videos
- Pruning 101
- How to Prune Fruit Trees (Vase or Open system)
- How to Prune Apple & Pear Trees (Central Leader system)
- Summer Pruning for Cherry Trees & Apricot Trees (Modified Central Leader system)
- Summer Pruning and Thinning
- Sharpening Tools: Pruners, Loppers, Shovels & More
- Budding (Basic Grafting)
- Espalier
- Renovating a Mature Fruit Tree-Part 1
Articles
- How to Choose the Right Pruning Tool
- Pruning Fruit Trees -- How to Choose Training System Shapes Fruit Tree Pruning -- Specialized Advice
- Reasons for Summer Pruning Fruit Trees
- How to Prune Cherry, Apricot, Pluot, Walnut, Pomegranate & Persimmon Trees
- Boom or Bust Fruit Versatile Pomegranate Can Be a Tree, Espalier, Shrub, Hedge, or Container Plant
- Keep Petroleum Products Off Your Garden Tools
- Use Budding to Change the Varieties or Cultivars on Your Fruit Trees
- Gallery of Espalier Forms
- When to Prune Fruit Trees Pruning Science: How Trees Heal
- Renovating a Mature Fruit Tree - Part 1
Disease & Pest Control for Fruit Trees
Videos
- Fruit Tree Spraying
- Codling Moth -- How to Keep the Worms Away Organically
- Powdery Mildew -- Organic Control
- Bird, Deer & Gopher Control
- How to Make a Scarecrow
- Controlling Fire Blight
- Peach Leaf Curl
Articles
- Spring Disease Control
- Deer Fencing and Deer Repellent
- Gopher Control and Bird Control in your Organic Garden
- Organic Control of Codling Moths
- Check your Powdery Mildew Facts with our True/False Quiz
- Peach Leaf Curl Control
- Controlling Fire Blight Organically
- Naturally Occurring Codling Moth Virus
- Worms in Your Apples?
- Fire Blight Prediction Models
Getting the Most of Your Harvests
Videos
- How to Can -- Apple Sauce from Tree to Jar
- How to Dehydrate Food
- How to Make Cider
- Curing Olives
- How to Freeze Plums
- Persimmons
Articles
- Canning Safety -- Tips Grandma Didn't Know
- Drying Food 101
- Mix Apple Varieties to Make the Best Cider
- Sustainable Ways to Use the Apple Pomace from your Cider
- Massage Persimmons to Preserve Them
- Preserve your Harvest… in the Freezer!
- Growing and Cooking Chestnuts
- Go Nuts with Almonds!
And of course, our trees!
1 comment
I simply wish to leave a huuuuuge “Thank You”, for this site’s, and Trish’s generosity, in sharing the “how-to”s of growing organically, and compiling all this information in one location, for our convenience. It’s one of my main references.
Appreciatively,
S. Williams