The Giant Book on Growing Fruits in Your Garden (Gardening Series 37)

Table of ContentsIntroductionWhich Fruit to Grow?Fruit Production ChartsCold Hardiness zonesBuying the Right Trees and BushesSoil ConditionsNitrogen Fixing CropsPlanning your gardenNatural WeedkillersGeneral PlantingSupporting Your Fruit TreesBird ProtectionFrost ProtectionPlanting Fruit Trees against WallsWhat Are Espaliers?Keeping Your Bushes and Trees HealthyFertilizers and pesticides –Cow Manure – the Best Organic Fertilizer/Compost BaseJohn Innes CompostBasic Healthy Compost MixturesHow to Make Leaf CompostNatural PesticidesNeem PesticidePreparing Neem seedsChilisTobaccoBougainvillea LeavesFungicides for SoilOnion – Garlic Antifungal SolutionPapaya Cure –Using Cow Manure Ash as a PesticideNutrient Deficiency Symptoms in PlantsSprayingGarden PestsPollinationFruit Plant PropagationHarvesting your fruitAPPLESGrowing ApplesTime to plantChoosing the Right TreePlanting TipsFeeding Your TreesPruning an Apple TreeRoot Pruning and RingingRingingPopular Varieties of ApplesPreserving and Storing ApplesPests and DiseasesApples in CuisineTraditional ApplesauceTraditional Apple CakeTraditional Dutch Schnitz Un Knepp – Apples and ButtonsThese are made by sifting together the flour, baking powder, salt and pepper.AppendixHow to Make Traditional Apple ButterConclusionCHERRIESGrowing CherriesBuddingChoosing the Right PlantsBest Varieties of CherriesMaintenance of Cherry TreesPruning Your Cherry TreeRoot pruningSour CherriesPlanting Sour CherriesFeeding Sour CherriesPruning of Sour CherriesMulch cultivationRejuvenating CherriesDiseases and PestsCherries in CuisineTwo-Step Cherry PuddingConclusionCUCURBITAS (MELONS)CucumbersSoil RequirementsPlanting CucumbersPlanting in “Hills”HarvestingPumpkinsPumpkins SowingHarvestingPumpkin Curing and StorageWatermelonsSoil Requirements and ClimateWatermelon PlantingHarvestingMuskmelonsPaper Plant ProtectorsPlantingConclusionStrawberriesPlanting Your StrawberriesMulching Strawberries.PropagationFeeding StrawberriesProtecting Your Strawberries.Growing Strawberries in BarrelsCitrus fruitsSweet OrangesBlood orangesGrowing OrangesPlanting Oranges From SeedsPropagation of the TreeHow Far Should You Plant Trees?Orange planting in a Nutshell.PruningPruning for RejuvenationFlowers and Fruit SettingHow to Get a Good HarvestUses of the RindStoring of OrangesEnemies of OrangesConclusionNatural Remedies Cures by OrangesPain in the chest –ConstipationNauseaSwelling in Your Belly?TomatoesSowing of SeedsOLIVESGrowing OlivesOlive PropagationPopular VarietiesTable and Mill OlivesSoil ConditionsSoil MoisturePruningHarvesting of the FruitOlives for TasteExtracting Olive OilConclusionSTRAWBERRIESPlanting StrawberriesStraw and Sedge Peat MulchSelecting the Right PlantsFeeding Your PlantsProtecting Your StrawberriesStrawberry Pests and DiseasesAphids –Fungi and Viruses –Soil pests –Popular Strawberry VarietiesRemontant StrawberriesClimbing Strawberries –Innovative Ways of Growing StrawberriesPolythene Covered FramesTraditional Gardening Soil MixThe Best Organic Fertilizer/Compost BaseConclusionAuthor BioPublisherIntroductionWhen Mother Nature blessed the new born earth with life forms milleniums ago, the diversity of one celled creatures took up different lines of evolution due to climatic changes and mutations. That is when plant life evolved along with animal life. And that is how the surface of the earth was covered with lush fruitful vegetation, which flourished and evolved in different climates. As time went by, climatic changes also changed the nature and the appearance of these plants. From multicelled algae and fungi, they became huge multicelled giant trees, like the Sequoia, which are remnants of th Read more