Fruit Trees for Every Garden by Orin Martin

Fruit Trees for Every Garden by Orin Martin

Written by the long-time manager of the renowned Alan Chadwick Garden at the University of California, Santa Cruz, this substantial, authoritative, and beautiful full-color guide covers everything you need to know about organically growing healthy, bountiful fruit trees.

WINNER OF THE AMERICAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY BOOK AWARD

For more than forty years, Orin Martin has taught thousands of apprentices, students, and home gardeners the art and craft of growing fruit trees organically. In Fruit Trees for Every Garden, Orin shares--with hard-won wisdom and plenty of humor--his recommended fruit varieties and techniques for productive trees, including apple, pear, peach, plum, apricot, nectarine, sweet cherry, orange, lemon, fig, and more.

If you crave crisp apples, juicy peaches, or varieties of fruit that can never be found in the store, they are all within reach in your own backyard. Whether you have one tree or a hundred, Orin gives you all the tools you need, from tree selection and planting practices to seasonal feeding guidelines and in-depth pruning tutorials. Along the way, you'll gain a deeper understanding of the core principles of organic gardening and soil stewardship- compost, cultivation, cover crops, and increasing biodiversity for a healthier garden. This book is more than just a gardening manual; it's designed to help you understand the why behind the how, allowing you to apply these techniques to your own slice of paradise and make the best choices for your individual trees.

Filled with informative illustrations, full-color photography, and evocative intaglio etchings by artist Stephanie Martin, Fruit Trees for Every Garden is a striking and practical guide that will enable you to enjoy the great pleasure and beauty of raising homegrown, organic fruit for years to come.

Manjula Martin has worked in print and online publications for over a decade as a writer and editor. She launched the site Who Pays Writers? and founded and edited Scratch magazine (2013-2015), an online journal of interviews and information about writing and money. She is the managing editor of Zoetrope: All-Story and writes The Dough, a series about women and money for The Toast. She is a graduate of Mills College and a member of the San Francisco Writers' Grotto. Her debut novel is Scratch.

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ISBN 13	9780399580024
ISBN 10	0399580026
Title	Fruit Trees for Every Garden
Author	Orin Martin
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Ten Speed Press
Year published	2019-08-27
Number of pages	288
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.