More Than Just a Fruit Course – Learn to Grow Your Own Fruit, Nuts & Berries

There is nothing like fruit from your own garden. It’s quality and nutrition is generally better than fruit that you buy because it’s fresh (the food value can deteriorate as the fruit ages), and you can be certain about what chemicals it has, or has not been, exposed to. Apart from this, growing your own fruit is a lot of fun.

Learn how to successfully grow fruit, nuts and berries in your own backyard by practicing good soil preparation and culture.  Learn how to raise soil fertility, choose the best fruits for your situation, and grow them in a way which controls pests and diseases without using dangerous chemicals.  An excellent companion to Home Vegetable Growing and Home Garden Expert courses.

Course Aims:

• To develop an understanding of the possibilities for growing fruit at home.
• To better manage soil for growing fruit crops.
• To manage the growth of fruiting plants in a way that will produce better fruit.
• To select and grow tree fruit plants in a home situation.
• To select and grow vines and nuts in a home situation.
• To select and grow berry fruit plants in a home situation.

There are 6 lessons in this course:

1. Introduction
2. Soils, site preparation & planning
3. General Cultural Practices
4. Tree Fruits
5. Nuts and Vines
6. Berries