Fruit gardens instead of vegetable gardens

The gardens in the suburban areas are gradually losing their relevance. All the land is assigned to the trees. On the site of the former garden is broken garden. What are good orchards? The garden is the continuation of the house, the soul of home ownership. Apples, pears, cherries grown in it have a special taste and aroma. When you plant a garden, you need to skilfully approach its layout. After all, trees and shrubs will not be planted for a year, so you should not make mistakes when planning a fruit garden. It is necessary to take into account everything: the relief of the suburban area, the composition of the soil, the susceptibility of the site to winds. Before planting trees, you need to consult an experienced gardener. He will tell what trees can grow next to, and which will interfere with each other. After all, each culture has its optimal growth area, so you need to know and maintain the required distance between trees.

Location of the orchard on the site

Planning of the garden should start with the selection of a specific location of the orchard in the country site. It must be sunny. Trees can not be isolated in a separate zone of the so-called orchard, and frame them with recreation areas or part of decorative plantings. It should also be taken into account that the crowns of trees planted near the neighboring sites do not interfere with the neighbors on their territory Future. It must be remembered that such trees as cherry and plum should be located from the border of the site in three meters, and the apple and pear trees even further. But if you plant pyramidal pears and apples, their crowns do not exceed two meters in scope. You can, of course, plant trees in a staggered manner, as planted fruit orchards. But with this arrangement of trees is not very beautiful look farmstead. The orchard will not then serve as an ornament of the territory.

Planting trees

The place of planting has been determined, now it is necessary to consider how many and which trees will plant, which varieties to choose and how to arrange them relative to each other, taking into account the mutual pollination and maturation period. It is better to put the location of trees on the site plan. Choose plants better with different maturation times to have fresh berries and fruits throughout the season. Use seedlings with a good root system. It is inadmissible to dry the roots before planting: they must be dipped into a clay chatterbox. Pitches dig different sizes for different trees, so that by October they were ready. Fruit gardens are usually laid in September-October. In autumn the planting of trees is more favorable than in spring. In spring, they are planted in the soil immediately after the high water, before budding.

Now it remains to wait, when the first fruits will give fruit garden. The photo of these first-born fruits will be your family heirloom. But it will not be a year before the young trees turn into beautiful, powerful trees, and they will bring their gifts to you and your children for 30 years, and maybe more. Fruit gardens are durable and when properly trimmed the crowns of trees are rejuvenated and can bear fruit for many more years.