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The Future of Backyard Orchards: A Bountiful Legacy

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Choosing a fruit tree for your backyard orchard is an exciting step toward growing your own fresh, delicious produce. But with so many options, it can feel overwhelming. To ensure success, it’s essential to consider a fe...

","url":"https://backyard-orchard.com/resources%2Fblog/f/how-to-choose-the-perfect-fruit-tree-for-your-climate-and-soil","title":"How to choose the perfect fruit tree for your climate and soil","summary":"Choosing a fruit tree for your backyard orchard is an exciting step toward growing your own fresh, delicious produce. But with so many options, it can feel overwhelming. To ensure success, it’s essential to consider a fe...","date_modified":"2025-02-18T00:44:42Z"},{"id":"https://backyard-orchard.com/resources%2Fblog/f/stress-free-spring-bountiful-harvest-the-gift-of-winter-garden","html_content":"

While winter is my time for slowing down, it's also a season of transformation. I love seeing the bare bones of trees against the blue sky, but that's just the prelude of sketching ideas, researching plants, and creating...

","url":"https://backyard-orchard.com/resources%2Fblog/f/stress-free-spring-bountiful-harvest-the-gift-of-winter-garden","title":"Stress-Free Spring, Bountiful Harvest: The Gift of Winter Garden ","summary":"While winter is my time for slowing down, it's also a season of transformation. I love seeing the bare bones of trees against the blue sky, but that's just the prelude of sketching ideas, researching plants, and creating...","date_modified":"2023-12-20T17:39:43Z"},{"id":"https://backyard-orchard.com/resources%2Fblog/f/how-do-you-define-functionality","html_content":"

There have been times when people ask me how I do my designs. It's hard to answer this question because every site is different and every client has a different goal. Even so, there are a few elements that every design ...

","url":"https://backyard-orchard.com/resources%2Fblog/f/how-do-you-define-functionality","title":"How Do You Define Functionality?","summary":"There have been times when people ask me how I do my designs. It's hard to answer this question because every site is different and every client has a different goal. Even so, there are a few elements that every design ...","date_modified":"2021-09-06T22:38:47Z"},{"id":"https://backyard-orchard.com/resources%2Fblog/f/a-love-story","html_content":"

More than a decade ago, I came to this country. There were things that I hated right away and things I fell in love with. It's easy to dislike something but to love something takes more time and effort. Since I'm here to...

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Let's test your taste frontier... Have you ever had any of these?\n\n~Paw paw (The biggest native fruit)\n~Honeyberry (grow in any kind of bad soil)\n~Currants (easy to grow)\n~Elderberry (an ingredient for eternal youth)\n~J...

","url":"https://backyard-orchard.com/resources%2Fblog/f/testing-your-taste-frontier","title":"Testing Your Taste Frontier","summary":" Let's test your taste frontier... Have you ever had any of these?\n\n~Paw paw (The biggest native fruit)\n~Honeyberry (grow in any kind of bad soil)\n~Currants (easy to grow)\n~Elderberry (an ingredient for eternal youth)\n~J...","date_modified":"2021-07-05T18:54:07Z"},{"id":"https://backyard-orchard.com/resources%2Fblog/f/trees-for-today-hope-for-tomorrow","html_content":"

Have you ever thought of all of the possibilities your land has- no matter how large or small of a property you have? 

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There's a dilemma when we talk about garden plants: One is the \"utilitarian\" use for plants because they provide food; And the other is the \"ornamental\" use for providing beauty. Somehow the idea of fruit trees gets forg...

","url":"https://backyard-orchard.com/resources%2Fblog/f/beauty-vs-function","title":"Beauty vs. Function","summary":"There's a dilemma when we talk about garden plants: One is the \"utilitarian\" use for plants because they provide food; And the other is the \"ornamental\" use for providing beauty. Somehow the idea of fruit trees gets forg...","date_modified":"2021-03-13T14:01:41Z"},{"id":"https://backyard-orchard.com/resources%2Fblog/f/wood-chips-for-building-soil-health","html_content":"

This spring I planted many new fruit trees, vegetables and berries. There's something about planting I can't quite fully understand. There's joy, excitement, hope, dreams, worry, uncertainty or perhaps is a mix of everyt...

","url":"https://backyard-orchard.com/resources%2Fblog/f/wood-chips-for-building-soil-health","title":"Wood Chips for Building Soil Health","summary":"This spring I planted many new fruit trees, vegetables and berries. There's something about planting I can't quite fully understand. There's joy, excitement, hope, dreams, worry, uncertainty or perhaps is a mix of everyt...","date_modified":"2020-06-27T12:17:59Z"},{"id":"https://backyard-orchard.com/resources%2Fblog/f/food-security-how-to-have-it","html_content":"

Let me ask you some questions today. First, let me tell you I'm not a pessimistic guy. I actually always try to find the positive side in any situation and in every person.\n

","url":"https://backyard-orchard.com/resources%2Fblog/f/food-security-how-to-have-it","title":"Food Security: How to Have it","summary":"Let me ask you some questions today. First, let me tell you I'm not a pessimistic guy. I actually always try to find the positive side in any situation and in every person.\n","date_modified":"2020-04-27T01:11:13Z"},{"id":"https://backyard-orchard.com/resources%2Fblog/f/seasons-of-change","html_content":"

While we are all experiencing the Great Pause, nature's seasons continue to change. The best season for pruning trees is drawing to a close and with it comes the season for planting new trees. The new trees need to be we...

","url":"https://backyard-orchard.com/resources%2Fblog/f/seasons-of-change","title":"Seasons of Change","summary":"While we are all experiencing the Great Pause, nature's seasons continue to change. The best season for pruning trees is drawing to a close and with it comes the season for planting new trees. The new trees need to be we...","date_modified":"2020-04-19T21:24:49Z"},{"id":"https://backyard-orchard.com/resources%2Fblog/f/winter-time-prune-time","html_content":"

If you are dreaming of healthy and productive fruit trees, an annual pruning routine is key.\n

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Food Forests with an Indigenous Influence

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Not long ago there were some basic skills people passed from generation to generation. Basic skills like the knowledge of how to grow their own vegetables and fruit trees.  The people were healthier.  Things have changed...

","url":"https://backyard-orchard.com/resources%2Fblog/f/the-forgotten-art-and-science-of-growing-plants","title":"THE FORGOTTEN ART AND SCIENCE OF GROWING PLANTS","summary":"Not long ago there were some basic skills people passed from generation to generation. Basic skills like the knowledge of how to grow their own vegetables and fruit trees.  The people were healthier.  Things have changed...","date_modified":"2020-02-02T19:43:36Z"}]}