Posts Tagged ‘fruit trees’

Lon Rombough’s Family Apple Tree (video)

Lon Rombough, author of The Grape Grower: A Guide to Organic Viticulture, shares a personal family story about the origin of his father’s apple tree, and how it evolved into something quite spectacular. In this video, Rombough’s story reveals not only a remarkable mind that grasps the complexities of nature at a deeper level, but [...]

Heritage Apple Orchard for the Community

April 22, 2011 An abandoned apple orchard, originally planted in 1911 by University of Minnesota (Duluth) horticulturists, was discovered nestled behind pine trees. “The last known map of the orchard, with records that identified trees by variety, was drawn in 1948. By the 1970s the orchard was abandoned. But a new generation of apple fanciers, [...]

How to Grow a Pear in a Bottle (video)

Each year Gowans adds spirits to his bottles and gives them to friends as Christmas gifts.

Fruit Tree Tour 2011

March 21, 2011 Through the organization Common Vision, a band of 20-30 people (aka, the Fruit Tree crew) are making a tour of California in the “world’s largest vegetable oil-powered caravan” to visit various schools and communities to plant, perform, and paint (the 3 P’s). According to their schedule, first stop was in Castro Valley, [...]

Lon Rombough: Grafting Fruit Trees (video)

Horticulturist Lon Rombough takes us through his steps for grafting cuttings from fruit trees to other trees.

Manual Fruit Tree Pollination-Dusting-Part 3

“WWOOF! The Movie” is about a collective of organizations that go by the acronym WWOOF: World-Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms. My wife and I have traveled around the globe for the last 5 months and videotaped our experiences within the organizations of France, Japan, Italy, and India. The tentative delivery date for the whole sha-bang [...]

Manual Fruit Tree Pollination In Japan (video)

My wife and I have traveled around the globe for the last 5 months and filmed our experiences within the WWOOF! organizations of France, Japan, Italy, and India, and are working on a feature film documenting this journey. “WWOOF! The Movie” is about a collective of organizations that go by the acronym WWOOF: World-Wide Opportunities [...]