What you MUST KNOW on How to Start an Orchard & Grow Your Own Fruit

What you must know on how to start an orchard to grow your own fruit and berries at home, which type of fruit trees will produce fruit in YOUR climate, what you need to know about cross-pollinating and self-pollinating varieties, as part of the 2020 Homesteaders of America “GROW YOUR OWN FOOD” KZbin Collaboration (find all the videos in this playlist • How to GROW Your OWN F... )
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List of self-pollinating and cross-pollinating fruit & berries melissaknorris...
How to Prune Apple Trees • How to Prune Apple Tre...
How to Prune a Blueberry Bush for a Larger Harvest • How to Prune a Blueber...
How to Plant Raspberries - Soil Prep, Growing & Caring for your Raspberry Plants • How to Plant Raspberri...
How to Treat Fruit Trees Organically: When to Spray for Disease melissaknorris...
How Many Fruit & Berry Plants Per Person melissaknorris...
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Saturday Intro + How to Start Your Garden with Homesteaders of America
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How to raise quail (AJ FARMS-HOMESTEAD EVOLUTION)
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Growing Berries (COMMON SENSE HOME)
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How to Start an Orchard (MELISSA K. NORRIS)
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[@WeWillServeJehovah]

What a million dollar view of the mountainside. You're blessed abundantly.

[@crystalchili3823]

I just started my mini orchard. Have an apple tree and rainier cherry tree (which I'm soooooo excited for). I love that you are in the NW.

[@susannah_hb4388]

So much info I didn’t know, you are an amazing person. I’m glad you decided to share your knowledge, in my eyes you’re a savior. Thank you!

[@MelissaKNorris]

Not a savior but definitely feeling blessed to help others grow their own food. 😊

[@AndreasCreations]

This was perfect for me Melissa - I am going back to re-read that section in your book so that I can take care of my blueberry and 2 elderberries until we are able to build and move to new home. GREAT video with well laid out information :-)

[@jenniferjennings5110]

I started a mini orchard last year. Plan on adding more fruit trees. I pruned them for the 1st time and that was successful because I watched your video on pruning. Thanks for all the great infomation .

[@SpaceDr00ze]

Fantastic video. So much info. Thank you!

[@Terri_Stauffer]

Great info, especially on needing 2 different varieties. The lady at the nursery told us you need 2 pawpaw trees to produce fruit. She forget to mention 2 different pawpaw trees, found out later and by then they were sold out. Still waiting for them to come in this year. I did get 2 fruit cocktail trees this year, one with plums and peaches and the other different varieties of apples.

[@jonross8970]

Try stark brother s nursery

[@bekahinrio]

Thank you so much Melissa! We've been talking about putting in some fruit trees for years but have never done it because of lack of knowledge. This year's the year!

[@MelissaKNorris]

Yay, what are you putting in?

[@bekahinrio]

@@MelissaKNorris A couple of fruit cocktails! One peach and one nectarine!

[@patfromamboy]

Greetings from Yacolt Washington near Mt. St. Helens. Now that I’m retired I’m going to grow more. I’ve been taking horticulture classes since I was 12 through college and I never had enough time so now that I do I’m going to learn how to grow apples like they do in Yakima and Wenatchee. Great video, keep up the good work!

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Well done Melissa, great explanations on what could be a very confusing topic.

[@arnovanderschyff4282]

This was very useful thank you for making an amazing video.

[@sheilafade2016]

I love my fruit trees and they are just beginning to fruit

[@eddiet.9943]

Wow this is so informative thank you so much for sharing all this information!

[@dustcircle]

Very informative. Thank you, Melissa!

[@pamgalloway7272]

Thanks. I absolutely appreciate the video and information. Pammie from Chicago Illinois

[@cliff5240]

Very helpful, getting ready to plant some apple trees

[@splitarrowfarm]

Great video and super informative

[@NaeNaeW]

Wonderful information!! 😍🍎🍊🍒🍇😀

[@Forest_Actual]

Great video, Thank you!

[@NeverMetTheGuy]

Just ordered your book, and it'll be here in the next few days; apparently your book is essential. * Smilie face. *

[@MelissaKNorris]

Thank you!

[@NeverMetTheGuy]

There's no better time to start supporting people that really help others; we should be thanking YOU.

[@Tommy_Ray]

Wow

[@kevinhenson942]

Thank you for the content

[@jarrodlambert3914]

I hit subscribe before i even heard you talk haha geezzz

[@Julian-zy1em]

Love them curls!!!...😍😍😍

[@NaeNaeW]

I know!!! I love her natural hair, so pretty 🙂

[@Annabelle-ve2vq]

Great advice 👍

[@Nic1220]

😯 Wow

[@wcgamer9379]

If you love apples, try a Goldrush 😋

[@wild-radio7373]

🤜👍🤛♡♡♡ You are amazing!

[@RunnerThin]

I have a dwarf pear trees ... two of them ... in upper midwest ... what kind of pear tree would be good to plant near them?

[@reaganlaw8988]

Sounds like I need a crabapple tree, is there a variety that grows well in south texas that has fruit also? What is better about white flower over pink?

[@MelissaKNorris]

You want a white flower crabapple for pollination and you'll have to check on your chill hours where you're at and then search for varieties armed with that info.

[@loganturner6911]

I want to buy your manual. Could send the link for purchase? Thank you.

[@helenfriesen904]

Do you have any information on Paw Paw trees? They are a native tree in southern Ontario,and I have not been able to grow fruit consistently, due to pollinating issues. I would appreciate any advise.

[@MelissaKNorris]

I'm getting a Paw Paw this week and will be doing a video on it.

[@helenfriesen904]

@@MelissaKNorris I look forward to it. Thank you in advance.

[@naronbradli]

I also live in Washington state and we are curious about starting an orchard on our property. Where did you purchase your fruit trees ? Local or online ?

[@patfromamboy]

Greetings from Yacolt Washington! Welcome neighbor

[@allencaruthers867]

I'm still trying to figure out why my apple trees and peach tree will flower, but I have 3 cherry trees that wont even flower and goes straight to leafing out. I'm stumped. All those trees were planted 3 yrs ago at the same time and in the same area of my property. Zone 5, central Iowa. Any ideas? I know they will take a while produce fruit, but, they should at least flower.

[@RoseFelton]

I am wanting to put in some fruit trees this year. Our ground is so rocky we can't dig in it so have put in raised beds for the garden. I am thinking of doing the same thing for some dwarf trees. How far apart do you think I should plant them.

[@MelissaKNorris]

For dwarf I'd try to have them 8 to 10 feet apart

[@RoseFelton]

Thank you Melissa. Would I want them that far apart too if I need 2 trees to pollinate?

[@prabaskonidhala2710]

Hi... U r looking sooo beautiful

[@Ricocase]

How much do apples and pears sell for? Who buys them?

[@MrWrestler41]

What apple trees would you suggest for Oklahoma? I just bought a 32 acre farm and have 12 acres of pasture that currently has native grass. I want to plant about 3-5 acres of various apple trees.

[@patfromamboy]

I just bought the movie Oklahoma! Good luck with your apples.

[@JenandPaul09]

I’m interested in trying apple cordons. I know those require spur-bearing varieties, but I can’t find a good resource for a list of spur-bearing varieties. It’s even difficult to find that info for a specific variety at times. Do you know of any resources where I can find that?

[@MelissaKNorris]

Not specifically but raintreenursery.com/ staff is super helpful and I'd contact them to see if they've got info for you

[@JenandPaul09]

Melissa K. Norris - Modern Homesteading thank you!

[@monicarodhouse1133]

We moved into a property that has two apple trees. They have not given me fruit that I can use to identify the variety. But I want to make sure they can cross pollinate, and buy another one this spring if needed. How can I find out what variety they are? Also, we have a crab apple about an acre away. Is that close enough to pollinate?

[@MelissaKNorris]

Ideally pollinating trees would be within 50 feet of one another and it needs to be a white blossomed crab apple variety

[@monicarodhouse1133]

@@MelissaKNorris Thank you so much!

[@gohighlevel-queen]

How do you keep deer from eating your orchard?

[@patfromamboy]

I just grow extra for the deer.

[@mekkiz_]

Might be uncalled for but you’re pretty.

[@tomtomreidjackson3775]

That’s why anyone should be very careful on the age of the tree . Try to find someone growing them for ten years and we’ll taken care of .

[@stubbshomestead1316]

Awesome video with a lot of good info