Homegrown Fruit: A Practical Guide

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This book is a guide that takes you step-by-step to an abundant, naturally healthy home orchard –– and along the way teaches you all the skills you need to be an epic fruit gardener.

Written by Kath Irvine & Jason Ross

$58.00

Homegrown Fruit: A Practical Guide by Kath Irvine and Jason Ross is your comprehensive, fruit growing manual.

Kath and Jason take you step-by-step to create a naturally, healthy orchard that thrives with minimal effort. You’ll learn how to choose the right varieties, plan a productive layout, build a living soil, assess tree health, and confidently prune, train and care for your trees year-round. Real-world examples, sample plans and down-to-earth advice provide simple, practical solutions for gardens of every shape, size and climate.

This inspiring, accessible book is perfect for beginners setting up a new orchard, busy people who want homegrown fruit without the fuss and seasoned growers seeking deeper knowledge.

Kath and Jason have more than 25 years of experience designing and managing home orchards in a diversity of environments across Aotearoa. The book’s focus is on creating a healthy setup and choosing well suited varieties. From this solid foundation, fruit trees flourish, care is easy, there’s a lot less pests and disease and most importantly, growing is fun!

Simple, practical, low-cost setup.
Practical planning skills with sample plans of both urban and lifestyle block orchards in different climates.
The basics of tree anatomy and the lifecycle of fruit trees so that you can understand your trees.
A detailed catalogue of deciduous, evergreen and subtropical fruits to help you choose the right varieties to suit your place.
Helpful measures to support every decision: warmth, hardiness and chilling hours help you choose your fruit trees, fertility measures help you assess soil health, measures to assess tree vigour and health help you work out how to care for your trees.

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