Susan Poizner
Author, fruit tree educator, and Creator of the award-winning fruit tree care education website OrchardPeople.com.
Appears in 111 Episodes
Protecting Fruit Trees from Deer, Squirrels and other Critters with Rhonda Massingham Hart
Rhonda Massingham Hart explains how to protect fruit trees from wildlife damage. She's the author of Deerproofing Your Yard & Garden and Squirrel Proofing Your Home & ...
How to Grow Beach Plums with Ken Asmus
Ken Asmus of Oikos Tree Crops in Kalamazoo, MI has spent decades developing beach plums that taste great and are genetically diverse (rather than grafted clones). He t...
Battling Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs with Tracy Leskey
Entomologist Dr Tracy Leskey, Director of the Appalachian Fruit Research Station at Kearneysville, WV, talks about Brown marmorated stink bugs and how you can keep the...
All You Need To Know About Pawpaws with Dan Bissonnette
Horticulturalist Dan Bissonnette, author of The Pawpaw Grower's Manual For Ontario, talks about pawpaw trees, a native tree to North America that produces delicious fr...
The Best of Urban Forestry Radio 2016
Listen to the best of The Urban Forestry Radio Show on RealityRadio101.com! We'll talk about growing seabuckthorn, cultivating beneficial insects, battling fireblight ...
Growing Fruit Trees in the Desert with Greg Peterson, and Native Edibles with Russ Cohen
Greg Peterson of www.urbanfarm.org talks about growing fruit trees in Phoenix, Arizona.And Russ Cohen from Arlington, Massachusetts talks about edible native plants. A...
Growing Chestnut Trees with Alen Rosic, and Disease Resistant Chestnut with Dr. Sandra Anagnostakis
Alen Rosic, a 39-year-old immigrant from the Balkan Peninsula talks about an annual chestnut festival in Iowa that he organizes for the strong Bosnian community there....
The Next Great Apple with Rob Wyles, and the Science Behind Apple Tasting and Breeding with Daryl Somers
Rob Wyles of Washington State talks about how he discovered the new "Foxtrot" apple.Daryl Somers of the Vineland Research and Innovation Centre in Ontario talks about ...
Learning From Leaves with Linda Chalker-Scott, and Cherry Rootstock with Lynn Long
Linda Chalker-Scott, an associate professor and horticulturist at Washington State University and the author of "How Plants Work: The Science Behind The Amazing Things...
How to Make Cider with Ben Watson, and Girls in the Trees with Katrina van Osch-Saxon
Learn how to make cider with your apple harvest with Ben Watson, Author of Cider Hard and Sweet.And learn why women are being encouraged to look for jobs in arboricult...
Fireblight with Dr. Kari Peter, and Persimmon Passion with Bill Preston
Dr. Kari A. Peter, Assistant Professor of Fruit Tree Pathology at Penn State Fruit Research and Extension Centre talks about how to protect your apple and pear trees f...
The Sex Lives of Insect Pests with Dr. Gary Judd, and Fruit Tree Irrigation with Chuck Ingels
Entomologist Dr. Gary Judd of B.C. (British Columbia)'s Summerland Research and Development Centre explains why it is important to understand the sex lives of fruit tr...
How to Grow Seabuckthorn with Bill Schroeder, and Rescuing a Private Apple Tree Collection by Cloning with Joanie Cooper
Bill Schroeder of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Swift Current Research and Development Centre in Indian Head, Saskatchewan talks about growing nutrient-rich seabu...
A Fruit Tree Growing App with Guido Schnabel, and Cycling for Trees with Warren Hoselton
Clemson University fruit specialist Guido Schnabel talks about the MyIPM (Integrated Pest Management) app.Arborist Warren Hoselton of the Canadian Tree Fund who talks ...
Climate Change and Fruit Trees - How Do We Prepare with Greg Peck, and Food Preservation with Joel MacCharles
Greg Peck of Cornell University discusses how climate change is going to affect the way we grow our fruit trees.And...what to do with your bumper crop with Joel MacCha...
No Room For a Cherry Tree? Try a Cherry Shrub! with Dr. Bob Bors, Loretta Bors, and Virginie Gysel
Dr. Bob Bors of the University of Saskatchewan talks about a dwarf cherry shrub breeding program. Loretta Bors, Dr. Bors' wife, talks about her cookbook “Cooking with ...
The Socioeconomic Impact of Trees - Shade Grown Coffee with Ryan Hatt, Ernie Grimo on Nut Trees, and Sue Arndt on Fresh Fruit
This episode invites three guests to discuss how harvesting the fruit on fruit trees, nut trees and coffee plants can help combat global hunger.Ryan Hatt, Business Dev...
How Good Bugs Can Protect Your Fruit Trees From Pests with Jessica Walliser and Brian Spencer
Learn how beneficial insects can protect your fruit trees from pests and insect infestations in this hour-long podcast featuring Jessica Walliser, Author of Attracting...
Know Your Fruit Tree's Name with Jason Adkins, and Brown Turkey Fig Trees in Philly with Erica Smith Fichman
When you plant a tree, you start a relationship.Jason Adkins of Trevecca Nazerene University talks about botanical tree names.Erica Smith Fichman, Program Manager of P...
Growing Fig and Lemon Trees in Cold Climates with Steve Biggs, and Apple Tree Training with Thomas Wilson
Steve Biggs, author of "Grow Figs Where You Think You Can't" and founder of Food Garden Life, explains how to grow fig trees and lemon trees indoors during the winter ...
How to Grow Haskaps with Don Northcott and Adapting Urban Orchards with Anna Rallings
Learn about a new and easy-to-grow hybrid berry called the Haskap (scientifically known as Lonicera caerulea, or commonly as Blue/Edible Honeysuckle, Honeyberry, or Ca...
