August 9 column: Organic orchard practices

Here’s a link to today’s column in The Spokesman-Review: Traps, sprays help keep fruit free of pests. It’s about a topic that is near and dear to my heart: organic orchard practices.

Cherries, apples and pears are the most challenging tree fruits to grow. So those are the ones I focused on. I also pointed out how my husband, Bill, and I have been fine-tuning our methods over the years. Each year, we learn a little more and have a little more success!

I hope you’ll enjoy reading today’s column.

Other information about organic orchard practices:

I have an Organic Pest Control section on this website. Here’s a direct link to it.

Here are links to two columns I wrote about Cole’s Organic Orchard up on Green Bluff. They detail orchardist Steve Cole’s organic orchard practices:

1. Organic orchard (4/11/10)

2. Organic methods help trees thrive (9/12/08)

This is what an apple “footie” looks like.