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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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| Cider Maker's Handbook | 38 | 28Sep |
| Just Talk | 569 | 28Sep |
| Bug by Bug | 388 | 20Sep |
| Sensible Equipment | 275 | 17Sep |
| Spray Nuance | 352 | 7Sep |
| Apples | 143 | 12Aug |
| Starting an Orchard | 120 | 11Aug |
| Fungal Pathogens | 269 | 28Jul |
| Orchard Classifieds | 30 | 25Jul |
| Healthy Harvest | 47 | 25Jul |
| Tree Fruit Nutrition | 158 | 23Jun |
| Making It Better | 101 | 22Jun |
| Cider Apples | 140 | 11Jun |
| Organic Thinning | 76 | 8Jun |
| Bacterial Opportunists | 110 | 23May |
| Grower Research | 96 | 12May |
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You have found the index to our online orchard community, and therefore the perfect place to begin exploring. Position your cursor over any of the forum links, give a click, and a new window opens. Have fun learning more about growing healthy fruit!
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So I'm re-reading Claude's book in preparation for cider-making season, as one does. And also looking for tidbits in the orchard planning section that might help me pick varieties and rootstocks for t...
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As someone who’s getting closer to having to take this endeavor “seriously”, (not sure why I feel that way still, after already investing thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours in our orchard-mayb...
- Prairie Sundance posted: 21Sep |
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OK, so I don't know if this should fall under the Sensible Equipment section, and I know that washing sooty blotch and fly speck off apples is featured in other related threads. But this is my favori...
- Brittany Kordick posted: 8Sep |
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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.Thinking Outside the Box
This overview of holistic orchard management sets the stage for growing healthy. Subtle answers to pest and disease challenges fall into place only once soil and tree health are achieved.
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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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