Here at Peaceful Valley we love to help people find and grow fruit trees!
Our in-house videos and articles provide you with research-based information on fruit and nut trees – from choosing, planting, pruning, pest and disease control, to how to use and preserve the fruit harvest. Explore our comprehensive fruit tree care guide and fruit tree planting guide, designed to help you grow and maintain Peaceful Valley fruit trees successfully. This guide brings together all of our educational resources on fruit and nut trees, organized by topic for easy access.
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?
- How to Choose the Right Fruit Tree for Your Home
- Bare Root Tree Selection Guide
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
- How to plant & use acidic fertilizers
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
- When to Prune Fruit Trees
- Why You Should Prune Some of Your Fruit Trees in the Summer
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High Density Planting and Pruning Fruit Trees for the Home Orchard
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