Backyard Fruit Growing for Beginners: Grow Apples, Berries, Peaches & More — From First Planting to Harvest

BACKYARD FRUIT GROWING, STEP BY STEP Want fruit from your own yard but not sure where to start? This workbook takes a beginner from reading a hardiness zone to picking the first crop, one chapter and one task at a time. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN - How hardiness zones, chill hours and frost dates affect what you can grow - How to choose a sunny, well-drained site and test your soil - Dwarf trees, rootstocks and pollination, so your trees can set fruit - Planting, watering, mulching, feeding, pruning, training and thinning - Apples, pears, peaches, plums, cherries, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries and grapes - Pests, diseases, birds, frost and winter protection at home scale >WHAT IS INSIDE - 22 chapters in 6 parts, each with a worked example and 8 knowledge checks - 8 drawings and 10 quick reference tables - 14 step-by-step methods and 7 case studies - 12 worked examples with calculations and 12 practice situations - 30 Garden Log Pages and 12 forms to copy >WHO IT IS FOR >GOOD TO KNOW Numbers differ between guides and regions, so the book shows ranges and tells you to check your local extension service for your own zone, frost dates and chill hours. Examples use made-up values.