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Espalier Fruit Trees for Small Gardens with Ron Perry
Fruit trees can be productive, they can be beautiful, AND they can fit in small spaces!In this episode learn how to create an espalier fruit tree planting where the tr...
Do Plant Hardiness Zones Matter with Dan McKenney and John Pedlar
In the past, you would consult a plant hardiness zone map if you wanted to know whether a fruit tree or any other plant could survive in your climate. But our climate...
Grow Fruit Trees Fast! with John Cline
How do you encourage young fruit trees to grow faster and produce an earlier harvest? Susan Poizner of OrchardPeople.com chats with John Cline Ph.D, Professor in the ...
Grafting Fruit Trees with Steph Roth
Steph Roth from Silver Creek Nursery in Ontario talks about how she grafts fruit trees. We will cover collecting fruiting wood, rootstock choices, bench grafting and m...
Perry Pears for Cider with Barry Masterson
Cider apples are a hot commodity these days. But what about perry pears? In this episode, Barry Masterson of Kertelreiter Cider, talks about perry and tells us how to ...
Irrigation Systems for Fruit Trees
There is a right way and a wrong way to water your fruit trees and other plants. And how you irrigate will affect the health of your plants and the quality of your har...
Heirloom Fruit Recipes for The Holiday with Darren Turpin, Paul Couchman, and Brigitte Webster
Learn to use your home grown heirloom fruits in recipes from centuries past.Show guests include orchardist Darren Turpin of Orchardnotes.com, historic cook Paul Couchm...
Being a Tree Detective with Lindsay Mitchell and Sarah Ruark
Lindsay Mitchell, Editor at the International Society of Arboriculture's publication Arborist News and Sarah Ruark, technical advisor at the Davey Institute, the resea...
Food Forest Design with Lincoln Smith
Lincoln Smith from Forested.us explains how listening to the landscape is the secret to growing healthy fruit trees and fruiting plants. Lincoln will talk about some o...
Drought Resistant South West Peaches with Reagan Wytsalucy
Reagan Wytsalucy, Extension Assistant Professor, Agriculture & Natural Resources at Utah State University, talks about her journey to find the last orchards growing th...
Will Nitrogen Fixing Plants Improve Soil Fertility? with Stefan Sobkowiak
Do nitrogen fixing plants and trees actually improve soil fertility? Will your fruit trees benefit if you plant nitrogen fixing plants in your garden? Susan speaks to ...
Custom Fruit Tree Spray Recipes with John Kempf
Learn how to boost your tree's health with fruit tree foliar sprays that you can make at home from sugar, molasses, epsom salts...and Coca-cola? Our show guest is rege...
Bury Your Briefs to Evaluate Soil Microbes with Cameron Ogilvie and Kari Dunfield
Soil microbes play an essential role in releasing nutrients from the soil in a form that our fruit trees and other plants can access. So, if your soil doesn't have a h...
Soil and Tissue Testing with Jack Legg
Jack Legg, an agronomist from SGS Canada, talks about soil and tissue testing and how that can help ensure that your fruit trees and plants have the nutrients they nee...
Growing Blueberries with Kathleen Demchak
What is the secret of growing blueberries successfully? In this episode of The Urban Forestry Radio Show and Podcast we speak to Kathleen Demchak, Senior Extension Ass...
Creating a "Tree of 40 Fruit" with Sam Van Aken
Sam Van Aken is an award winning artist and an associate professor in the Art Department of Syracuse University who uses grafting techniques to create his "Tree of 40 ...
When To Fertilize Fruit Trees with Robert Crassweller
When is the best time to fertilize fruit trees? In this episode Tree Fruit Production Extension Specialist Robert Crassweller, Ph.D. from Penn State College of Agricul...
Native Apple Trees with Paul Kron
Most apple trees that we grow in our gardens and orchards are not native to North America. DNA tells us that these trees originate in the mountains of Kazakhstan in Ce...
Apple Tasting Party with Yael Hickok and Dr. Amy Bowen
Yael Hickok is a volunteer who cares for Boyer's Orchard in Alaska. Each year she has an apple tasting party or gathering in which she and other volunteers are able to...
How to Prune Old Fruit Trees with Bob Lever
Old fruit trees may be hollow but they can still produce fantastic fruit and they provide invaluable habitat to wildlife, sometimes for very unique and specific specie...
