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Andover Seed Library: Grow Your Own Mini Fruit Garden

On Zoom with Christy Wilhelmi

Grow your own delicious, organic apples, figs, peaches, plums, strawberries, blackberries, citrus fruits, and more.

Christy Wilhemi, author of Grow Your Own Mini Fruit Garden will share how even beginners can become successful fruit “farmers.” Selecting the best small-scale fruit trees, bushes, vines, and plants for your climate, siting them properly, and pruning your compact trees for health and productivity are some of the many topics covered in the pages of her bible of small-space fruit growing. With modern dwarf varieties, a healthy, high-yielding garden filled with fruit-producing plants is possible—even in the smallest of yards.

You’ll learn how to:

• Turn your urban, suburban, or rural garden into a fruit factory, no matter its size
• Maximize production from edible container fruit gardens
• Grow more food in less space and limit your family’s synthetic pesticide consumption
• Choose varieties with increased disease resistance
• Select plants that grow well in your climate
• Maintain your fruiting plants correctly to encourage years of prolific harvests
  
  

Christy Wilhelmi empowers people to grow their own food, to be more self-reliant, and to reduce pollution and waste, one garden at a time. Christy is founder of Gardenerd, the ultimate resource for garden nerds, where she publishes newsletters, her popular blog, and top-ranked podcasts. She also specializes in small-space, organic vegetable garden design and consulting. She is author of Gardening for Geeks, 400+ Tips for Organic Gardening Success: A Decade of Tricks, Tools, Recipes, and Resources from Gardenerd.com, Grow Your Own Mini Fruit Garden, and Garden Variety: A Novel (William Morrow).

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