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February 21, 2012 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Planting grapes & pruning grape vines Bring your garden to life by growing grapes! Whether you choose table grapes or wine grapes, beautify your garden with picturesque grape vines, and enjoy a luscious crop. BEST SOIL FOR GRAPES A traditional… read more»
February 17, 2012 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Currants are the edible almost everyone can grow Add currant bushes to your garden for an easy, deer-resistant edible that also grows in part-shade. If you live in USDA zones 3-8 currants are a must for your garden. In our new video, Tricia plants currants… read more»
February 8, 2012 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
How to renovate, renew, and maintain a strawberry bed Once you have a strawberry bed going, you need to renovate and renew it every year, to maintain healthy yields. Strawberries are vigorous plants. As they increase you want to keep the beds from becoming… read more»
February 6, 2012 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
The way to an organic gardener’s heart… The best way to an organic gardener’s heart is… There are oh, so many words that could finish that sentence. Give us your  suggestions in the comments! This Valentine’s Day we recommend… read more»
January 27, 2012 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Walk through the process of pruning a bare root fruit tree in Tricia’s video, where she prunes her new peach tree. Are you ready to plant and prune some bare root trees? The video has all the basic… read more»
January 12, 2012 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Plant a bare root fruit tree Things change. Advice for planting bare root trees has changed too. Colorado State University studied root growth in fruit trees. They have a planting technique that expands root growth by 400%. Curious?… read more»
January 11, 2012 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Find your thrill with blueberry chill (hours) WHAT’S A CHILL HOUR? You’re happily choosing your blueberries from our catalog when you suddenly notice extra numbers in the descriptions. Number of chill hours? Isn’t it enough to know… read more»
January 5, 2012 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Fruit tree dormancy How can we send you trees in a box? Because the fruit and nut trees are dormant right now. As long as the bare root trees are kept cool (38F to 45F) and the roots stay moist, the trees can be shipped in… read more»
December 28, 2011 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Why pruning tools need to be sharp & clean Sharpening your pruning tools makes yard work easier for you and keeps your trees, shrubs and plants healthy. SHARP TOOLS HELP YOU How many times have you attempted a pruning cut and grumbled when your… read more»
June 14, 2011 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Reasons for summer pruning fruit trees TREE & FRUIT HEALTH ARE AFFECTED BY TREE SIZE Summer pruning fruit trees controls undesirable growth on a tree by removing energy-wasting water sprouts. Summer is also a good time to remove leafy upper… read more»

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