So far it’s been a rather mild winter for us here in the Pacific Northwest. The thermometer has rarely dipped below 32 degrees and we’ve been taking advantage of the mild temps by taking care of the many winter tasks and planting tough woody plants in our gardens and around...
Spring shipping 2017 begins Feb 20th. As with all farming we are at the mercy of the weather and the winter of 2016-17 has been challenging. We have seen 2 feet of snow in the nursery and over 1 inch of ice. Greenhouse snow load capacity were tested (no damage thankfully) and...
Planning out Orchard Succession is important because it takes a while for a fruit tree to start bearing, usually about 2 or 3 years for the first fruits, but 4 or 5 years before you really start seeing any significant harvests. With nut trees it takes even longer before you...
Summer Fruits have arrived at One Green World. We’ve received a few calls from people telling us their seaberries are already ripening!! This year’s warm spring and hot summer is making it an early harvest for quite a few fruits. In fact, some people are already enjoying apples and we...
We are very excited to introduce some new Andean root crops this season! We have a diverse offering of Yacon, Mashua, and Oca varieties from our friends at Peace Seedlings. These crops have been grown for centuries in South America as nutritious and easy to grow staple crops and now...
Low Chill Plants are most fruits grown in the US go dormant in late fall. They require a minimum amount of cool weather before they can begin growing normally again in the spring. This cool weather requirement is measured in Chill Hours. Chilling hours are achieved when temperatures are between...
Extremely Hardy Plants for our friends in Alaska and northern regions of the US, the following plants will survive very cold temperatures and many will produce abundant crops of delicious fruit. These plants should all be hardy to minus 25°F. or below. This list is a work in progress and...
Very Fragrant Flowers Fragrant Flowers lift your spirits with these delightfully fragrant flowers. While the blooms of Kiwis, Apples, Pears and many other plants are pleasantly fragrant, the following are particularly appealing. Akebia Crandall Currant Fruiting Rose Autumn Olive Honeysuckle Silverberry China Blue Vine Japanese Flowering Plum Citrus Jasmines
DIYFruit – Plan Your Garden and Orchard Now Decorate your yard and enjoy abundant harvests of unique and delicious fruit! With all this cold and rainy weather, it may take some convincing for us to believe that spring is really on its way. But it is and by the middle...
Oregon Almanac – Bareroot Grading Early winter can be a quiet time on the farm. We’ve finished our digging of bareroot trees, the seed beds are mulched and covered with chicken wire to deter hungry squirrels. It’s a good time to catch up on paperwork and plan for next year’s...
