You can plant bare-root fruit trees in the fall/winter, but if you get a spring/summer brain wave that you’d like to add a fruit tree to your garden or orchard, you can certainly plant a potted tree. Right now in July we have potted apple, peach and pear trees in our Grass Valley nursery, ready to go into local gardens. In fact, some fruit trees have such sensitive roots or they are evergreen that they should be planted from a soil-filled pot or sleeve. Figs, pomegranates, olives, and citrus…
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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