The Apple Grower: A Guide for the Organic Orchardist (Chelsea Green's Master Grower Gardening Series)

by Michael Phillips (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1999

  $10.94

  Apples are organic's final frontier. Many orchard experts say that growing apples organically is flat-out impossible. Fortunately, Michael Phillips and growers like him didn't listen. Phillips has been doing the impossible at his Lost Nation Orchard. His secrets? Hard work and a willingness to learn from nature. The author began his quest with an honest question: How did our great-grand-parents manage to grow good fruit, in the days when everyone was an organic grower, before we sprayed our trees with pesticides and fungicides? Phillips combines the half-forgotten wisdom of a century ago with the latest scientific knowledge about pests that can plague apples and other tree fruits. Whether you are a commercial orchardist, organic farmer, backyard enthusiast, or apple lover you will enjoy this unique old man's look through a young man's eyes.