Grow Fruit Naturally
Grow
Fruit Naturally
by Lee Reich is a good starter book for those interested in growing
organic fruit, and will definitely be a handy reference to keep on my
bookshelf for the next few years. It's actually quite similar to
the same author's The Pruning
Book, both in pros
and cons.
On the positive side, Growing
Fruit Naturally
is linear and hits all of the salient points concisely. On the
negative side, despite the title, the book really covers only
mainstream organic methods, not the cutting edge permaculture
techniques of nurturing full-ecosystem health that you'll find in The
Holistic Orchard.
In the end, I recommend
the book for beginners, and for intermediate fruit-growers like myself
who still need a reminder every year before they prune their
grapes. On the other hand, if you've been orcharding for a
decade, you might want to give this book a pass.
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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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