The complete guide to growing your own fruits and berries Everything you need to know explained simply

Karen Szklany Gault

Book - 2011

Leads you through the process of starting your own garden of fresh fruits and berries. You'll learn step-by-step methods for planting, harvesting and caring for your berry bushes, shrubs, and fruit trees.

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Published
Ocala, Fla. : Atlantic Pub. Group c2011.
Language
English
Main Author
Karen Szklany Gault (-)
Physical Description
288 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9781601383488
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Types of Fruits and Berries
  • Fruits and Berries Across the Country
  • Geographical Regions of the United States
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Mountains
  • Southwest
  • Plains
  • South Central
  • Southeast
  • Mid-Atlantic
  • Great Lakes
  • New England
  • Chapter 2. What Types of Fruits and Berries Should I Grow?
  • Things to Consider
  • Topography - lay of the land and soil erosion
  • Soil quality
  • Moisture
  • Climate that supports certain fruits and berries
  • Sunlight and shade - what is available for growing
  • Pollination opportunities for growth and fruiting success
  • Available space - how much of each fruit can be planted
  • Disease and insect resistance - the survival of fruits and berries
  • Underground structural obstacles
  • Best Seasons
  • Planting seasons
  • Harvesting
  • Some Final Notes about Personal Preference
  • Chapter 3. Soil Texture, Quality, and Enrichment
  • Soil Testing
  • Acid vs. Alkaline
  • Types of Soil
  • Sandy soil
  • Gravelly Soil
  • Silty soil
  • Clay soil
  • Chalky soil
  • Peaty soil
  • Loamy Soil
  • Creating Organic Soil with Worms
  • Why use worms?
  • Where to find the worms
  • Where to keep the worms
  • Furnishing a home for the worms
  • Care of the worms
  • Case Study: A Bin of Worms Named ôSteveö
  • Feeding Your Soil
  • Mulch materials for fertile soil
  • Manures
  • Compost
  • Natural soil composition
  • Layering of soil with mulch materials
  • Case Study: Down and Dirty Methods for Making Garden Soil Fertile
  • Chapter 4. Basic Gardening Tools You Will Need
  • Description of Tools
  • Clothing
  • Mapping the garden
  • Digging and soil preparation
  • Moving rocks and large piles of earth
  • Sowing and planting
  • Containers
  • Pruning
  • Protection from pests and diseases
  • Harvesting equipment
  • Care and Maintenance of Gardening Tools for the Winter Months
  • Chapter 5. Pollination
  • Anatomy of a Fruit Flower
  • Self-Pollinating Plants
  • Cross-Pollinating Plants
  • Artificial Pollination
  • Keeping Bees
  • Chapter 6. Cultivation and Planting
  • Grafting
  • Planting Tree Fruits
  • Planting Citrus Fruits
  • Planting Melons
  • Planting Brambles
  • Steps to take before planting
  • Discerning the best brambleberry to grow
  • Preparing to transplant brambles
  • Digging the holes for brambles
  • Completing the planting process
  • Planting Bush Berries
  • Blueberries
  • Other bush berries
  • Planting Strawberries
  • Sunlight
  • Soil
  • Runner production and spacing
  • Planting
  • Planting Grape Vines
  • Location
  • Preparing the soil
  • Planting the grape vines
  • Trellis design
  • Vine training systems
  • Planting Kiwifruit
  • Planting Rhubarb
  • Chapter 7. Container Gardening and Greenhouse Growing
  • Container Gardening
  • Types of containers and what they are used for
  • Container planting
  • Sources for obtaining containers
  • Spaces to put the containers
  • Case Study: Outrageous Gardening with Recycled Materials
  • Greenhouse Growing
  • Greenhouse design and construction
  • Heating equipment
  • Fruits and berries that are grown in a greenhouse
  • Case Study: Raising Tomatoes from Seedlings in Greenhouses
  • Chapter 8. Ongoing Care
  • General Care
  • Sunlight
  • Watering
  • Fertilizing
  • Weeding
  • Pruning
  • Case Study: Caring for Fruit Trees and Berry Bushes as a Labor of Love
  • Low-Temperature Climate Care
  • Dormancy
  • Protection from frost
  • Chapter 9. Pests and Diseases
  • Purchasing Healthy Cultivars
  • Pests
  • Aphids
  • Borers
  • Caspid bugs
  • Caterpillars
  • Curculio
  • Grubs
  • Maggots
  • Mealybugs
  • Repelling mealybugs
  • Mites
  • Moths
  • Nematodes
  • Pear psylla
  • Scale insects
  • Slugs
  • Suckers
  • Wasps
  • Worms
  • General long-term pest protection
  • Barriers for keeping out furry scavengers
  • Diseases
  • Common causes
  • Common types of diseases
  • Examples of common fruit plant diseases
  • Chapter 10. Enjoying the Feast - Harvesting and Storing Your Fruit
  • The Right Time for Harvesting Tree Fruit and Berries
  • Problems with harvesting too early
  • Problems with harvesting too late
  • Methods for picking fruits and berries
  • The best way to pick each type of fruit
  • CaseStudy: Harvesting, Baking, and Preserving Rabbiteye Blueberries in North Carolina
  • Eat, Drink, and Save Some for Later
  • Appendix A. Resources for Finding Garden Tools and Supplies
  • Appendix B. Recipes
  • Apple Salsa (Matt Higgins)
  • Blueberry Squares (Connie Stanfield)
  • Classic Spanish Sparkling Sangría
  • Fruit Shakes
  • Honey Madelines (a nod to the bees)
  • Hot Apple Soup
  • Lemon Mousse
  • Raspberry Fool
  • Strawberries in Cream
  • Apple Pie
  • Four Berry Fruit Cobbler
  • Grilled Peaches with Cinnamon Sugar Butter
  • Easy Triple Fruit Jam
  • French Cream Fruit Dip
  • Appendix C. List of Scientific Names of Fruits and Berries
  • Glossary
  • Author Biography
  • Index