Fruit trees in small spaces : abundant harvests from your own backyard

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Title:

Fruit trees in small spaces : abundant harvests from your own backyard

Other title(s):

Abundant harvests from your own backyard

Author:

Eierman, Colby.

ISBN:

9781604691900

Publication Information:

Portland, Or. : Timber Press, 2012.

Physical Description:

263 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Contents:

pt. 1. Home orchard primer : Designing the orchard life -- A year in the orchard -- Designing your small orchard -- pt. 2. Fruit tree guide : The family album -- Choosing plants for your orchard -- Stone fruits -- Pome fruits -- Citrus -- pt. 3. Practicalities : Long live your orchard -- Orchard planting and care -- Pruning and training -- pt. 4. Fruit in the kitchen -- A bounty of seasonal fruit recipes / by Mike Emanuel.

Summary:

This book covers everything a gardener needs to know about choosing and nurturing the most delicious varieties, including selection, pruning, training, irrigation, and pest and disease prevention. It also includes inspiring ideas for tucking trees into surprisingly small spaces, as well as creative recipes for your incredible harvest. You will want to plant a mini-orchard in every intimate corner.--COVER.

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Luscious peaches, crisp apples, and sweet plums right off the tree are hard to beat.

For gardeners yearning for the pleasures of home-grown fruit plucked straight from the tree, this deliciously encouraging guide cuts the subject down to size. Colby Eierman, garden designer and fruit expert, shows how trees can easily be tucked into the tiniest spots and still yield a bumper crop of gorgeous fruit.

Fruit Trees in Small Spaces covers everything a gardener needs to know about choosing and nurturing the most delicious small-space varieties, including selection, pruning, training, irrigation, and disease prevention. With inspiring ideas for spaces of all shapes and sizes and creative recipes for your incredible harvest, you'll want to plant a mini-orchard in every intimate corner.

For the gardener with space limitations, bountiful fruit trees are now within arm's reach.

Author Notes

Colby Eierman's consulting and design business focuses on creating beautiful spaces that produce good things to eat. He has served as director of sustainable agriculture for Benziger Family Winery in Sonoma and as director of gardens for COPIA: The American Center for Wine, Food and the Arts in Napa.

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Library Journal Review

Eierman, who designs and manages garden and farm projects, has created an attractive, informative guide for gardeners who would like to grow fruit trees in small yards or containers. He begins with a general introduction to growing fruit trees, followed by a detailed guide to stone, pome, and citrus fruits. Each entry contains information on choosing and planting the young trees, cultural information, harvesting tips, pruning techniques, and advice on managing pests and diseases, followed by a sampling of suggested varieties with brief descriptions of each. While he provides general guidelines on where each fruit may be successfully grown, he recommends that gardeners contact local nurseries or their cooperative extension service for help in choosing varieties best suited to their region. Next he covers the details of orchard planting and care, pruning, and grafting. The book is illustrated with beautiful color photographs, and it concludes with recipes created by Mike Emanuel. VERDICT Beginning as well as experienced gardeners in the United States and Canada will find authoritative information here in an easy-to-use format.-Sue O'Brien, Downers Grove P.L., IL (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Rosalind CreasyMike Emanuel

Foreword	p. 7
Acknowledgments	p. 9
Preface	p. 13
Introduction	p. 17
Part 1 Home Orchard Primer: Designing the Orchard Life
A Year in the Orchard	p. 23
Designing Your Small Orchard	p. 37
Part 2 Fruit Tree Guide: The Family Album
Choosing Plants for Your Orchard	p. 55
Stone Fruits	p. 63
Pome Fruits	p. 105
Citrus	p. 139
Part 3 Practicalities: Long Live Your Orchard
Orchard Planting and Care	p. 175
Pruning and Training	p. 197
Part 4 Fruit in the Kitchen
A Bounty of Seasonal Fruit Recipes	p. 217
Resources	p. 244
Conversion Tables	p. 246
Further Reading	p. 248
Photo and Illustration Credits	p. 250
Index	p. 251

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