Rye Owen
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Two Tried and True Pruning Strategies for Fruit Trees
By Xander Rose When a young fruit tree is being established after planting in its lifetime location some pruning may be involved to get the tree into proper shape. Even if an elaborate pruning s...
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Winter Care Tips for Your Orchard
Winter Care Tips ReviewAs the colder months are upon us, it’s important to prepare your fruit trees for the winter season to ensure they stay healthy and strong through the colder months. Proper wi...
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Native Edible Fruiting Plants of the Pacific Northwest
By Xander Rose Hello, I'm Xander Rose, the orchard manager at Raintree Nursery. We grow and sell many types of plants of course. On the nursery are many wonderful fruiting native pla...
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Espalier and Other Intensive Pruning and Training
By Xander Rose Imagine relaxing in a courtyard at a villa on the outskirts of Paris. A market garden stretches out beyond the house, supplying fresh produce for sale at a local market down the road...
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Extreme Pruning Strategies: Coppicing and Pollarding
As I’m moving wood chips provided by a local arborist to put around our fruit trees at Raintree Nursery on a recent winter’s day (fortunately without too much rain), I think to myself about the...
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I want to start propagating
Propagation is an exciting and challenging process. We have compiled a helpful Propagation Guide to get you started. You may also find this video on bench grafting helpful.
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Why Growing Your Own Fruit is Great for Your Health
At Raintree Nursery, we’re passionate about helping people grow their own fruit—and not just for the delicious harvest. Did you know that cultivating your own orchard or fruit garden can significan...
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Structural Pruning on a Walnut
By Xander Rose I worked on an aesthetic and structural improvement to a nice, healthy, and attractive English walnut in the orchard at Raintree Nursery. The tree is quite productive of nuts as ...
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Organic Control of Some Orchard Insect Pests
By Xander Rose A second fruit fly monitoring season in my work in the orchards at Raintree has come to a close. Certain flies can be significant pests of orchard fruit, but they can also be...
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The Raintree Nursery Guide to Pollination
Some of the most common questions we get here at Raintree Nursery are about pollination. Honestly, those are pretty good questions and deserve a closer look to explain more completely. Pollinat...