THE ORGANIC ORCHARD, TREES AND SHRUBS

All the advice for a healthy orchard! Apples, pears, cherries, apricots, peaches, walnuts, redcurrants, blackcurrants... Not so difficult to make room for them in the garden! No need for a large space to afford the luxury of growing "your" organic orchard, the promise of delicious fruits to peck directly from the tree to savor their succulent taste and freshness! All you need is a patch of lawn, a corner of the vegetable garden, a hedge to fill out, a path to demarcate, a wall to dress... This highly illustrated book brings together everything you need to know to maintain organic fruit trees - planting, propagation, management, care, harvesting - but also to restore an old orchard, install trees in the city... 22 species are described in detail, with for each one details concerning their specific management, their diseases and pests, and of course a choice of varieties. Rarer or little-known species are also offered. SUMMARYWhen the gardener becomes an arboriculturist- praise of the fruit tree:Marriage of plantsPollinationFertilizationCloning varieties- Where to plant your fruit trees?In the vegetable gardenOn the lawnIn a hedgeAlong a wall or fenceIn a flowerbed...- Successful planting:A holy arboriculturistWhich plant to choose and how to preserve it?Where to buy it?Before plantingPlantingMaintenanceThe art of multiplication- Sowing is winning!Which trees to sow?A shock treatmentSowing- Clump shoots, cuttings and layeringClump shoots: ready-made cuttingsWood cuttings: sticks that growLayering: a deferred cutting- Grafting: it's magic!Spring graftsLate summer graftsHealthy fruit trees- Prevention: a guarantee of healthGood soil, beautiful treesManaging inputs Watering wiselyBiodiversity in the garden- Fighting diseases and pestsIndirect controlControl: treatments- Most common diseases and pests: control strategies- Restoring an old orchard: Health check-upInterventions- The ABCs of pruning: The tree produces fruit all by itselfClose-up on fruitingThe tree in motionGet your secateursThe role of pruningPruning equipmentPortraits of fruit trees:The apricot tree - The actnidia (kiwi) - The almond tree - The bibacier or Japanese medlar - The cherry tree - The chestnut tree - The quince tree - The fig tree - The raspberry tree - The currant and blackcurrant bushes - The blueberry - The medlar tree - The hazel tree - The walnut tree - The olive tree - The peach tree - The pear tree - The apple tree - The plum tree - The domestic bramble - The elderberry - The vine