Essential Tools and Equipment for Growing Peaches
Nurturing your new peach tree means having the right tools to do the job! These are some basic tools to consider—if you don’t already have some of these items, please …
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Prepare for Peach Diseases and Pests
Above all, peach trees need to be monitored for pests and diseases. Here are some of the things you need to keep an eye out for throughout your tree’s life. …
Ongoing Peach Tree Care
Even though you may have to wait a year or two to get a crop, peach trees still require care to get them to that point—and even beyond, to keep …
Preparing Your Soil and Getting Ready to Plant Peach Trees
The first thing you should do is test your soil; you can do this yourself with a test kit, or take samples of your soil to your local garden center …
Growing Peaches in Open Land or Containers
Here is some essential information for gardeners in colder climates or with limited land—so you can ensure a successful peach-growing experience! Dwarf varieties of peaches are easily grown in containers, …
Growing Peaches from Seeds, Trees, or Cuttings
Your first choice when deciding to grow peaches is whether you want to start with seeds, seedlings, or cuttings. Unlike many other fruits, peaches grown from the seed of standard …
Types of Peaches
Those 2,000 varieties of peaches come in three types, all based on how easy it is to remove the flesh from the peach pit inside the fruit. All three can …
Goodbye Deck, Hellooooo Peaches!
Yes, we spent the Summer under construction. The old porch—which my wife called “ratty” but I thought looked “authentic”—(She just yelled: “We’re both right; it was authentically ratty!”) came down, …
Holly Go Heavily
Many years ago, the extremely horticultural expert (his license plate was in Latin and he had crossed out ‘make’ on his owner’s card and replaced it with ‘genus’) of a …
One Little, Two Little Dead Little Peach Trees
I know that some (OK—most to all) of you think that this stuff is funny, because it meets the Mel Brooks definition: “If I personally fall into an open manhole, …
