Backyard Farming: Fruit Trees, Berries & Nuts

by Kim Pezza

Your Backyard Farming Experience Begins Here!

Add Fresh Fruit, Berries, and Nuts to Your table with Your Own Backard Orchard!

Backyard Fruit Trees, Berries & Nuts shows you how to add an abundant orchard to your homestead so you can effectively expand your harvest. Covering every topic from preparing the soil for planting, to trimming and pruning the growing trees and bushes, to winterizing your orchard and enjoying your bounty, Fruit Trees, Berries & Nuts takes the guesswork out of growing and lets you enjoy the rewards of backyard farming.

Whether you have room for a full orchard, or just a few potted berry bushes, Fruit Trees, Berries & Nuts is a comprehensive primer and includes detailed instructions and informative photographs that help ensure your backyard orchard is productive.

With Fruit Trees, Berries & Nuts , you
• Learn how to grow a wide range of fruits, nuts, and berries in any climate
• Find the planting method that works best for you, your needs, and your available space
• Find out which varieties are easiest for beginners, including tips and tricks for first-time farmers
• Learn how to protect and preserve your harvest
• Discover a variety of delicious recipes using produce from your own fruit trees and bushes
...and many more tips to help you achieve success.

More than ever, people everywhere are making a return to the farming Fruit Trees, Berries & Nuts is your first big step to joining the growing movement of homemakers looking to a healthier, happier way of life—and it starts right in your own backyard.

Backyard Farming is a series of easy-to-use guides to help urban, suburban, and rural dwellers turn their homes into homesteads. Whether planning to grow food for the family or for sale at the local farmers market, Backyard Farming provides simple instruction and essential information in a convenient reference.

Genres: Gardening

176 pages, Paperback

First published February 24, 2015

Reviews

[Dan Simonsen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great overview book to introduce potential backyard grower to growing Fruit trees, berries and nuts. The book combines some scientific details with practical guidance on how to plant and care for your plants. Kim Pezza also includes information on the most common diseases and problems for the respective plant/tree. The book is divided into 8 chapters. The chapters focus on the history of cultivating fruit trees, the basics, propagation, container growing (not everything takes a lot of space), growing: fruits, berries, nuts, and tropical varieties,and finally harvesting and preserving.

Rather than just stay at the higher discussion level, Ms Pezza provides useful information on specific types of fruits, nuts and berries. She hits all the main varieties. She explains when to plant, prune, how to care for and finally how to harvest.

It's a bit light on the preserving section. I don't can or preserve foods, so it didn't bother me.

The book is a great overview book. If you're looking to become a backyard gardener, Backyard Farming: Home Harvesting: Canning and Curing, Pickling and Preserving Vegetables, Fruits and Meats is a great book to start with.

Now for the legal language: I won this book as part of the goodreads.com reader giveaway.

[Red · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another good introduction by Pezza. I would not read this expecting to walk away with a comprehensive knowledge of all the fruits, nuts, and berries that can be planted but the author does cover the basics, and she gave me enough information to narrow down my areas of focus--both choosing some varietals and recognizing hurdles I'll have with growing food in my yard (poorly draining clay soil, for one.)

Don't know that I would purchase, but I'm glad my library had it to borrow!

[Michelle Hudson · Rating 2 out of 5]

Also DNF. In trying to make it broad to cover every type of fruit, berry, and nut you could have, she gives almost no helpful information on how to go about doing anything and just tells you to look it up and follow the directions available.

[TJ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Information seemed plentiful and useful. Will test some of it out and then I'll know for sure.