Orchard Design: Guide and Workshop
POPCORE (POP Community Orchard Resilience Education) organizes many elements of orchard stewardship, ecosystem design, and harvest uses that POP has learned over the years, synthesized in… Read More
PLOW Native Perennial Herb Row update!
The native herb row resides next to our stone fruit row. Left photo all green understory waking up in May. Right photo Monarda and Echinacea… Read More
POP Launches Search for New Executive Director
We’re reaching out with some big news as we enter a new phase of growth for POP. After years of growing this work together and… Read More
Harvesting Pears
The fall season boasts as one of the most abundant times of the year for harvesting fruit. Orchard stewards and fruit lovers can expect favorites… Read More
Urban Creators Food Forest Planting
A RESPONSE TO COMMUNITIES’ DESIRE FOR MORE FRUIT THE IDEA Isabella Higgins, the farm manager of Urban Creators Life Do Grow Farm in North Philadelphia,… Read More
Spray Season
COCKTAIL OF ORGANIC SPRAYS TO BOOST TREE HEALTH SPRAY SEASON POP has really been buckling down with organic sprays this season and expanding our spray… Read More
POP TIPS: Peach Leaf Curl
Peach leaf curl (Taphrina deformans) is a highly common fungal disease that affects peaches and nectarines. Lifecycle: The fungus overwinters on the surface of infected… Read More
Tooth of the Lion: A Spring Perennial
“Bees celebrated return of dandelions in a skirt of twirling, yellow bliss Flowering bouffant mirrored my spiky little afro Jagged edged “lion’s tooth” leaves paid… Read More
POP TIPS: Understanding Chill Hours for Fruit Trees
Deciduous fruit trees need plenty of sun, water, and nutrients to produce good fruit but they also needs plenty of cold weather. A period of dormancy,… Read More
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