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Welcome to the online community of the Holistic Orchard Network. Join with other growers to explore what it takes to grow healthy fruit, find organic inspiration, and make new tree-minded friends. The cutting edge discussion in our forum is geared towards folks growing fruit as part of their living, and certainly open to all to read and learn. Wassail! |
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| Organic Thinning | 42 | 22Apr |
| Pollination | 52 | 19Apr |
| Starting an Orchard | 97 | 17Apr |
| Spray Nuance | 292 | 13Apr |
| Sensible Equipment | 211 | 12Apr |
| Sweet Cherries | 4 | 11Apr |
| Biodynamic Orcharding | 27 | 11Apr |
| Bacterial Opportunists | 89 | 11Apr |
| Grafting | 160 | 10Apr |
| Good Fruit Marketing | 97 | 2Apr |
| Arboreal Microbes | 107 | 29Mar |
| Pruning | 118 | 26Mar |
| Orchard Systems | 112 | 23Mar |
| Cider Apples | 126 | 18Mar |
| Bug by Bug | 323 | 17Mar |
| Tree Fruit Nutrition | 114 | 12Mar |
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Climate change is bringing more extremes in weather including to my area. Here is Michigan bloom is four weeks early. Next week 26 degrees is predicated for Tuesday night with heavy wet s...
- Susan Fancy posted: 18Apr |
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So what is everyone using to get neem out of a barrel? Local feed store has a hand lever pump. Amazon has more options, including rotary. U-line has a variety of pumps, and faucets. Now that seems int...
- James Smith posted: 11Apr |
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Most of us probably reckon bloom time from year to year as the means of saying its an [i]early spring[/i] or a [i]late spring[/i]. Or even that mythical notion of an average spring! The pace of bud d...
- Michael Phillips posted: 1Apr |
Our Portal Page
is the table of contents for our online orchard community, and therefore the perfect place to begin exploring. Position your cursor over any of the links, give a click, and a new window opens. We invite you to poke around, have fun, and to read more about our basic site protocols.In Pursuit of Righteous Living
Get your community orchard, cidery, bioregional nursery, or tree stewardship business on our logo-rich grower listings. Promoting good livelihood is a core mission of the Holistic Orchard Network.
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a snapshot from one of our Grower Profiles
Bayhead FarmsOrcas Island, WashingtonPaul Townsend writes: “Growing fruit is just something that I've always been a part of ... even growing up in South Dakota we had fruit trees and a large garden. As an older teenager my hitchhiking thumb brought me to the orchards in Washington...” The Network becomes all the more engaging as orchardists get to know each other better. Posting a grower profile allows other growers to learn about your farm, your trees, your philosophy. > |
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