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Recent fruit tree care articles
Preparing Soil for Fruit Trees Before You Plant
Before you plant a fruit tree, take a closer look at your soil. In this article, we explore how to evaluate soil structure, drainage, organic matter, and compaction so your trees can thrive for decades.
Best Fruit Trees to Grow: Choosing the Right Trees for Your Climate (Warm, Cold & Tropical)
Not sure which fruit trees will thrive where you live? Climate plays a much bigger role than most people expect. Explore how chill hours, hardiness zones, and real-world experience help growers choose fruit trees that actually succeed.
Where to Buy Fruit Trees? Choose a Specialist Fruit Tree Nursery Near You
Looking for the right fruit tree? Explore top specialist nurseries, and learn how to choose trees that will thrive in your unique growing conditions.
Fruit Tree Garden Tour: Exploring Sustainable Gardening, Espalier, Regenerative Orchard & Community Farming
Explore how sustainable gardening, espalier, regenerative orchard & community farming are ingrained into the UK history and culture
Harnessing the Power of Soil Microscopy for Fruit Trees
When you know who’s there, you can learn how to encourage the good guys and build a living soil that feeds your trees naturally!
Fruit Tree Garden Design: Cultivating Your Backyard Orchard
Explore how to design a fruit tree garden based on fact, not fantasy. What works, what grows, and what makes sense for ANY unique site.
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Susan Poizner of OrchardPeople.com
I am a journalist, filmmaker and urban orchardist who created OrchardPeople.com because it was exactly what I needed when I planted my first fruit trees in 2009.
Awards
Since 2014, Orchard People has won several awards for our website, podcast, book and online courses.
Fruit Tree Grafting for Everyone. GardenComm Silver Award of Achievement 2025 Book Writing: Technical/Reference.
Complete Fruit Tree Pruning & Grafting, Gold Laurel Media Award 2024: Special Project Online Course.
Complete Fruit Tree Pruning & Grafting, Silver Laurel Media Award 2024: Special Project Online Course.
OrchardPeople.com Gold Award of Achievement 2021 Website, Individual: Overall.
The Urban Forestry Radio Show & Podcast Silver Award of Achievement 2021: Radio Program Overall.
The Urban Forestry Radio Show & Podcast Silver Award of Achievement 2017 Podcast Series: Overall
OrchardPeople.com Silver Award of Achievement 2017 Website, Individual: Overall
OrchardPeople.com Online Fruit Tree Care Training Silver Award of Achievement 2015
OrchardPeople.com Online Fruit Tree Care Training Silver Award of Achievement 2014
Growing Urban Orchards Silver Award of Achievement 2014 Book Writing: General Readership
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