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Espalier DIY: A Small Space Garden Solution

November 30, 2017 By Heather Blackmore 2 Comments

Espalier Kefir Pear

In 2012, I was scouting magazine locations and came across a garden along Chicago's North Shore unlike any I had ever seen. What stood out was the tree positioned in a narrow planting bed on a north-facing wall and I was instantly intrigued. So much so that I knew I had to figure out how to put something like that in my small garden. The homeowner, Kim Visokey (a self-proclaimed Garden Freak), had planted an espaliered Kieffer pear tree that produced plenty of edible fruit. Espalier is a pruning technique developed by a French monk, Father Legendre, in the mid 1600s, who stumbled upon the idea purely by happenstance. Food production can be a challenge, especially when you're faced with the task of feeding a monastery. As the saying goes, necessity is the mother of invention. Fruit buds ...

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Filed Under: Gardening Tagged With: espalier, fruit trees, gardening, small space gardening

A Grateful Gardener Gives Thanks

November 21, 2017 By Heather Blackmore Leave a Comment

Grateful Gardener Cat on Fence

  Sometimes I wonder what I would be doing if I didn't have a garden. It's work, man is it work. But when you love something so much, it doesn't feel like it. Ok, sometimes it does. Like when the English ivy is sucking the life out of your serviceberry and you have to remove every. last. bit. of. it. Ugh. But it's done and the robins and cedar waxwings will be thrilled to have their favorite tree restored. I've learned to NEVER plant ivy, no matter how lovely a ground cover, again. In retrospect, I'm thankful for the lesson. Plants with attributes like "will tolerate sun and shade" or "fast spreading" and "tough as nails" are glaring red flags. Too much of anything is often not good. Unless it's chocolate. Every year brings new challenges, new realizations and plenty of new ...

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Filed Under: About, Gardening Tagged With: gardener, gratitude, soil, Thanksgiving

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