Emergency Home Preparation

All-Natural Fruit Tree Bait for Insects: It Works!
https://www.askaprepper.com/all-natural-fruit-tree-bait-for-insects-it-works/

We planted a small orchard on our place about ten years ago and were delighted when it started to produce fruit a few years ago. Our delight quickly turned to dismay, however, when–after a year or two–we discovered that much of the fruit was wormy!

(SNIP) ... If you have fruit trees and are put off by the chemical spray route, and if the codling moth or other insects have made your fruit nearly impossible to enjoy, you may want to try this too. ---CONTINUED---

24 Lost Gardening Tips from 100 Years Ago
https://www.askaprepper.com/24-lost-gardening-tips-100-years-ago/

#12. How To Plant Trees
#13. How to Espalier Apple Trees
#14. How To Prune Young Apple Trees
#15. How To Preserve the Flavor of Apples
#16. How To Grease Band Fruit Trees
#17. How To Prune Root Cordon Fruit Trees

Full Article at Link, above:

12 Fruit Trees You Can Grow In Buckets
https://homesteadsurvivalsite.com/fruit-trees-grow-in-buckets/

Growing fruit trees in buckets or a similar container is an excellent way to cultivate your own fruit, even in small spaces. Both columnar and dwarf fruit trees are easily grown in buckets, which means you can relocate them inside when the weather turns chilly. This allows you the ability to grow non-native breeds in nearly any climate. ---CONTINUED---

Hat Tip: to: rick1, at EHP-D:

PERMACULTURE RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Different Methods for Propagating Fruit Trees from Cuttings, Etc.
https://www.permaculturenews.org/2018/07/07/different-methods-propagating-fruit-trees-cuttings-etc/

(SNIP): It has become the custom for people to go to a nursery to get young sapling fruit trees, but that can be very costly while propagating from cuttings is inexpensive, exciting, and entirely doable. Plus, if we learn to multiply our own supply, we have the ability to share (or sell) trees, as well as reproduce our favorite trees for larger harvests. ---CONTINUED---

Hat Tip: to Rick1, over at EHP-D:

hunker

The 5 Easiest Fruit Trees to Grow: A Beginner’s Guide
https://www.hunker.com/13731916/the-easiest-fruit-trees-to-grow-a-beginners-guide

If you're just starting your gardening career and you want to get a few fruit trees established quickly, you don't have to search for exotic varieties because most of the fruits you eat every day grow quickly with a minimum of effort on your part. This includes pears, peaches and figs for people living in temperate growing zones, citrus for people in the South and apples and cherries for those in more northern zones. ---CONTINUED---

Fruit Trees
https://www.backwoodshome.com/fruit-trees/?mc_cid=b6de1dc9f7&mc_eid=08c4e71840

(SNIP) ... We gardeners derive a great deal of pleasure from harvesting “the fruits of our labor,” particularly those that come from a tree we have planted and tended ’til it yields its first crop.

(SNIP) ... It pays to be mindful of drawbacks when planting fruit trees. ---CONTINUED---

Want More Fruit From Less Space? Espalier Your Trees!
https://www.backwoodshome.com/want-more-fruit-from-less-space-espalier-your-trees/?mc_cid=b6de1dc9f7&mc_eid=08c4e71840

(SNIP) ... The horizontal method involves nothing more than training the trees to do most of their growing horizontally. ---CONTINUED---