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Fruit, Greenhouses, News |

This woman built a greenhouse that grows eye-catching exotic fruits—in Nova Scotia

Annette Clarke’s nursery is expanding the definition of what’s growable out east. Tart Chilean guava berries, plump persimmons the size of tomatoes, and pods of blue sausage fruit, also known as…

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Berry Harvesters

This PEI company has some innovative machines to quickly harvest berry crops. Push cart harvester:https://acadianmachine.com/push-cart/ Walk behind…

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Information on Pollinating Fruit Crops

This link from the University of Missouri goes into great detail on how and why you pollinate your fruit crops. Here is the link: https://extension.missouri.edu/publications/g6001…

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Fruit, News |

Growing Bananas in BC

A farmer in B.C.’s far north has successfully grown nearly 200 bananas in his greenhouse, just south of the B.C.-Yukon border. Read the article at CBC.ca.…

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Fruit, Permaculture |

Create a Permaculture Food Forest

A food forest, or edible forest garden, is a food production strategy. The wonderful folks at Tenth Acre Forest posted this helpful blog post on the history of food forests ……

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Heritage Apples

This man’s collection of lost apples varieties is outstanding!  Did you know there used to be 17,000 varieties of apples grown in North America?. He has a website that you ……

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Apple Orchards Sprouting Up In Western NL

Dr. Michael Tipple and Dennis Mahoney are establishing a new apple orchard in Corner Brook on private property and Crown land. Crooked Tree Orchard on Bonavista Bay is another new ……

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Fruit, Trees and Shrubs |

Fruits Without Borders

Growing a wide range of fruit in our climate (Zone 3/4/5) is possible with organic methods inside an unheated greenhouse. This grower in Quebec has demonstrated that he can grow ……

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