How to keep those worms out of your apples and pears You might not know their names, but you’ve probably met codling moths before. Codling “moth” sounds kind of cute and fluttery; you’ve encountered it as the “worm” in your apple. Yuck! Messing with the life cycle of the codling moth Codling moths are a serious pest for apple, pear and walnut trees. Control them by interrupting their life cycle at various points. Here’s a helpful diagram from UC Davis Integrated…
It is such a satisfying experience to reach up into an apple tree and pluck a shiny apple from a branch. Should you take a big, juicy bite and see that the remaining apple in your hand has brown yuck and half a worm inside—and you just swallowed—it may be time to take out the artillery. The Codling Moth lays its larvae on the developing fruit and leaves of apples and pears, and it can also attack walnuts. When the eggs hatch, the young…
Do you have a small garden? Make it do double-duty as a space for outdoor entertaining and growing edibles. Garden designer Susan Morrison is an expert on small space landscapes and she gave us quick design…
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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…
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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?…
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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…
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December 28, 2011 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
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…
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December 20, 2011 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
In our new video, Tricia gathers greenery and makes a holiday wreath in her garden. Whether you want a Christmas wreath, a solstice wreath, or a wreath for other seasons, watch and see how easy it is to…
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November 30, 2011 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Say the words Meyer lemon and people either throw back their shoulders and proudly announce, I have a Meyer lemon tree! or they get a sad expression and sigh, I wish I had a Meyer lemon tree. You…
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November 18, 2011 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Here at Peaceful Valley we love to help people find and grow fruit trees. Our in-house videos and articles bring you research-based information about fruit trees—from choosing, planting and pruning,…
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Your fruit trees need proper pollination to be fruitful, and they have a variety of pollinating needs. In our new video on fruit trees, Tricia explains that part of creating a home orchard is planning…
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WHAT’S A CHILL HOUR? You’re happily choosing your bare root fruit trees from our catalog when you suddenly notice extra numbers in the tree descriptions. Number of chill hours? Isn’t…
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