Urban Pomology Takes Root

I don't mean value many people actually appreciate how much inwards the means of fruit you lot tin sack tally inwards a minor backyard or fifty-fifty a patio or rooftop. I'm guilty of it too...I pass a fair sum of fourth dimension bemoaning non having room for vast orchards or vineyards, in addition to fantasizing virtually owning acres. But the fact is, a relatively minor yard tin sack provided a phenomenal sum of fruit for a few people, in addition to fifty-fifty if you lot don't get got a yard, you lot tin sack create remarkably good amongst pots, provided you lot get got roughly Sun in addition to a house to commons them (some things volition fifty-fifty create good indoors amongst a sunny window, including pomegranate, figs, in addition to roughly citrus, although they are rarely every bit productive every bit they would live on outdoors). In our one-time house, I had dozens of strawberry varieties (including a few minor seedling populations), roughly blackberries, a Chinotto orange, in addition to an incredibly productive lemon tree, all inwards pots on either the patio or the front end sidewalk.

Backyards, Beware: An Orchard Wants Your Spot (New York Times)

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