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March 28, 2013 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
When and how to fertilize your fruit trees—use our online calculator Make your organic orchard bountiful by fertilizing your fruit trees. In our latest, research-based video, Tricia explains IF, when, and how much to fertilize your fruit trees. Keep reading here to learn… read more»
July 11, 2012 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
How to prune cherry, apricot, pluot, walnut, pomegranate, and persimmon trees Prune cherry, apricot, and pluot trees in the summer, not the winter. These trees are susceptible to water-borne diseases and winter pruning cuts provide dangerous openings for damage in rainy weather.… read more»
June 12, 2012 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Johanna Silver from Sunset reveals the reasons for changes in the new Sunset Western Garden Book What do gardeners in the West need? A shovel, a hose, and the Sunset Western Garden Book. The latest edition of the Western gardener’s best friend is stuffed with color photos of plants. Find out… read more»
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. June-bearer and Everbearer beds should be renewed. Day Neutral strawberries should simply… 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»

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