POP Spotlight: Fork Branch Food Forest
All of the community orchards POP currently supports reside on the stolen, unceded lands of the Lenni Lenape. Because of this, POP seeks to engage… Read More
Plant Spotlight: Jujube Harvesting and Recipes!
Jujubes have become a beloved part of North America’s uncommon fruit tree group. We have embraced them in our Philly orchards due to their adaptability… 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: Nanking Cherry
One Tough Cherry! Origins The Nanking Cherry (Prunus tomentosa), goes by many names, including Manchu Cherry, Bush Cherry, and Mountain Cherry. Originally from central Asia… 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
More Figs Please! Methods of Fig Propagation
It seems too good to be true that figs– a plant that is indigenous to a Mediterranean climate– actually thrives in our climate. Despite figs… Read More
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