Insects in the Winter
WHAT DO INSECTS DO IN THE WINTER? While we’re hunkered down indoors during the wintertime, one might be wondering where all the insects have gone.… Read More
Category Archives: Orchard Care
POP TIPS: Summer Weeding Considerations
Do I have to pull that? I thought to myself as I admired a lush patch of flowering violets in a row of ripe strawberries.… Read More
Pear Fruit Sawfly
The pear fruit sawfly (Hoplocampa brevis) is a boring insect whose larvae inhabit and feed inside pear fruitlets in the early spring time. Due to… Read More
POP TIPS: Fermented Herbal Tea Sprays
We’ve come to associate spraying with noxious pesticides that kill beneficial insects and harm our health and soils, but there are other kinds of sprays… Read More
Plant Spotlight: Chilean guava (Murta)
Murta fruit look somewhat like blueberries but have a flavor closer to strawberry! Photo from Creative Commons The Chilean guava or murta is a… Read More
Pheremone Mating Disrupters for Orchard Pests
A HELPFUL TOOL FOR MANAGING PESTS Mating disruption is an easy, environmentally friendly, and sustainable pest management method. It has potential for improving fruit yields… Read More
POP Tree Finder: an interactive map of the POP Learning Orchard
One of the main goals of the POP Learning Orchard is to demonstrate the wide variety of edible perennials that grow in our climate, with… Read More
Orchard and Garden Resource Toolkit
Even with great orchard care, pest and disease issues will arise with most of our common fruit. Here are some of our favorite go-to resources… Read More
Plant Spotlight: The Auspicious Asian Pear
“You HAVE to try the pears I bought from the market yesterday.” My friend and I have a colorful enthusiasm for the things that we… Read More