Stepping into a grocery store and tossing a bag of oranges or apples in your shopping cart is great. Who doesn’t enjoy fresh fruit? Going out and picking fresh fruit from the tree, however, is a different experience altogether. There is an undeniable charm to the idea of picking fruits straight from an orchard.
However, not everyone has the adequate space for an orchard, or the desire to clean up fallen leaves, and growing fruits in a small space may seem like a daunting task. With the right selection of fruits for small spaces, though, you can enjoy picking fruits off the tree in your own backyard.
Benefits Derived From Fruit Bearing Trees
The most common reasoning behind not wanting to plant trees is that they’re extremely high maintenance. However, most fruit trees are fairly easy to care for. While newly planted trees usually take a few years to start bearing fruit as their root system develops, soon you’ll be able to enjoy fresh fruit from your own home!
Long-Term Food Production
Fruit trees can live for a very long time with very minimal care. Some fruit trees live to be over 100 years old! Most, if not all, fruits are perennial too, so you don’t ever have to replant them.
A single dwarf apple tree can produce over 500 apples in one season. How much more could a full sized tree produce? Once your trees start producing fruit, they’ll keep producing and increasing production annually.
Saves Money
The most obvious way that a fruit tree saves you money, is that you don’t have to go to the store and buy fruit there. After the one time purchase of your fruit tree, you’ll be able to pick and save your fruit every year.
Furthermore, you may even be able to sell some fruit from the trees. Home or locally grown fruit is a hot commodity in many areas, particularly in cities.
Most of the time, your tree will produce more fruit than you can eat at once. A great way to save your produce is by canning it. You can can the fruit itself, but also jellies, preserves, and juice made from your fruit.
Environmental Benefits
Apart from providing you with the sheer joy of picking out fresh fruit without stepping out of your home, fruit trees can also contribute to a healthy ecosystem. Fruit trees produce fresh oxygen, giving you and your family cleaner air to breathe, as well as encouraging wildlife to flourish.
Fruit Trees Have Flowers
Before fruit grows on a tree, you get flowers! All spring, your fruit trees will look stunning in your home, on your balcony, or in your yard. Then, during the summer, you’ll be able to watch your fruit mature on the branches.
How to Choose Fruit Trees
How to Choose Fruit TreesOnce you’ve decided to plant a fruit tree, the next thing you’ll need to do is decide which kind of fruit tree you want to plant. There are a number of factors you should take into consideration; particularly climate
You must figure out if the fruit trees you purchase can thrive in your climate. For example, most apple varieties can grow across the United States. However, a pear tree would need to be grown somewhere that’s cooler and wet.
Make sure you’ve considered the maintenance costs of your trees as they can require a lot of attention to grow well. For added practicality and lower upkeep, consider the modern dwarf varieties of these trees. They require less space and are easier to grow.
Growing a fruit tree in your backyard is great, but it’s also important to maintain the tree well. Ensuring that the tree is always healthy, you can keep your tree in the best condition, prevent it against various threats and diseases, and reap the most delicious and juicy fruits.
If you’re interested in adding fruit trees to your landscape, contact the landscapers at CLC Inc. Today!
