Organic Orcharding: A Grove of Trees to Live In

Gene, Logsdon

ISBN 10: 1626545790 / ISBN 13: 9781626545793

Published by Echo Point Books & Media, 2016

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Organic Orcharding: A Grove of Trees to Live In
• Publisher: Echo Point Books & Media
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1626545790
• ISBN 13: 9781626545793
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Back in print for a new generation of fruit-growers, Organic Orcharding will teach you everything you need to know about planning, planting, and maintaining your very own orchard.

Gene Logsdon is renowned in the agricultural community for his creative, pragmatic, and holistic take on farming of all kinds. In Organic Orcharding he explains how to select the best trees for your orchard's climate; which tree varieties best complement each other; when each variety blooms; and when you ought to harvest. You'll also find insightful tips on:

• Developing woodlots
• Preventing diseases in fruit and nut trees
• Maintaining healthy fruit and nut trees
• Storing your produce
• And more!

With useful charts, tables, and diagrams for efficient referencing, Organic Orcharding is not to be missed. Perfect for gardeners who are interested in learning to grow fruits and nuts, orchardists who want to go organic, homesteaders, and anyone who loves the smell of an orchard in full bloom.

Readers interested in related titles from Eugene Logsdon will also want to see: Gene Logsdon's Practical Skills (ISBN: 1626545952), Getting Food From Water (ISBN: 1626545987), Homesteading (ISBN: 1626545960), Successful Berry Growing (ISBN: 1626546002), Two Acre Eden (ISBN: 1626545820).

About the Author

A prolific nonfiction writer, novelist, and journalist, Gene Logsdon has published more than two dozen books, both practical and philosophical. Gene's nonfiction works include Holy Shit, Small-Scale Grain Raising, Living at Nature's Pace, The Contrary Farmer's Invitation to Gardening, Good Spirits, and The Contrary Farmer. His most recent novel is Pope Mary and the Church of Almighty Good Food. He writes a popular blog, The Contrary Farmer, as well as an award-winning column for the Carey Ohio Progressor Times, and is a regular contributor to Farming Magazine and Draft Horse Journal. He lives and farms in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. You can visit his blog at http: //thecontraryfarmer.wordpress.com/.