How much space do you need for an assortment of fruit trees?
How much do you REALLY need?
Even in a tiny yard you can grow a LOT of fruit by planting a high density orchard – check this video out:
By using espalier techniques and some very creative planning, this homeowner filled her yard with edible landscaping. Way-to-go Dave Wilson Nursery for posting such an inspiring video!
With this wide variety of fruit trees, chances are there’s something she can harvest every single month of the year.
We’ve seen the fear that leaps into a gardener’s eyes when he imagines the future size of a fruit tree as printed on the label at the garden center.
“25’!” he yells, “I don’t have space for that!!!”
You do have space. Trust us. Watch the video – those fruit trees are carefully pruned to keep them from reaching huge proportions. Over time, the trees adapt and produce for you without reaching into the heavens.
View your small yard as a challenge and an opportunity – not as a deterrent. Fruit trees can be stacked together. Life breaks free – you’re probably not going to kill them.
Plant three trees in one hole!
Cram a tree against a wall!
Run trees along lines and prune… prune… prune.
They’ll live. Now quit making excuses and start planting your own high density orchard!
Wonderful!
Most people think “apples” when they hear orchard. What would I plant in a Florida front-yard orchard?
-Phyllis Franklin
This question is very good – it’s been referred over to Florida Survival Gardening. Look for a post there tomorrow.
Wowee!! I am amazed at how many trees that homeowner was able to squeeze in and how beautiful the lot and landscaping are.