This accessible and comprehensive book contains all you need to know to grow delicious and nutritious fruit at home. Covering all topics from planning and planting to pruning, natural pest-control and harvesting, expert gardener Lee Reich, it provides complete information on which fruits grow best in what region, and how to reap the most of their bounty. It includes information on growing fruit in containers and on delectable varieties of common fruits that cannot be found in supermarkets.
Lee Reich holds a PhD in horticulture with a specialty in growing fruit and has worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. His award-winning garden has been featured in The New York Times and Martha Stewart Living. Author of several gardening books, including The Pruning Book and Landscaping with Fruit, he's also a syndicated national gardening columnist for The Associated Press.