Espaliered Fruit Trees, Part 2
On our
long drive up the interstate, we stopped at a feed store outside
Staunton. Mark wanted to see about selling our do it yourself chicken waterers
in a brick and mortar store, and I'm a sucker for browsing through the
fruit tree section.
Along one side of the "outdoor living" section, I was intrigued to find
an sapple trained into the beginning of an espalier system. The
tree was probably four years old and had two nearly
horizontal branches spreading out from each side of the main trunk (an
awful lot like Monday's fig.)
I wasn't planning on buying it, but I was so intrigued to see an
espaliered fruit tree for sale that I checked the price tag.
Sixty bucks!!! I hope none of you rush out to your local nursery
and pick up a plant like that. Stay tuned and I'll give you step
by
step directions to prune and train your own espaliered tree.
Note: The trees in the photo are more
espaliered trees from Longwood Gardens, this time nectarines.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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$60 bucks!
Espaliered trees cost $200 and up in most places.