Orchard People

By Susan Poizner, OrchardPeople.com

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Learn how to grow and care for fruit trees with fruit tree care educator Susan Poizner of OrchardPeople.com. Discover how to create permaculture plantings, food forests, and forest gardens in both urban and rural settings. Meet experts on all aspects of comprehensive fruit tree care, including pruning, pest and disease prevention, fruit tree grafting and budding, and soil management. Show host Susan Poizner, creator of the fruit tree education website OrchardPeople.com, is an award-winning author of three fruit tree care books and an ISA Certified Arborist. This podcast is the winner of the 2021 GardenComm Silver Award of Achievement for Broadcast Media: Radio Program Overall. Learn more and access archived episodes at https://podcast.orchardpeople.com/. Learn more about Susan's books and courses at https://learn.orchardpeople.com/books.

Episode Date
Classic Episode: Vertical Mulching with Dr. Glynn Percival
Jun 30, 2026
Classic Episode: Grow Fruit Trees Fast with John Cline
May 26, 2026
Watering and feeding fruit trees with Casey Clapp
Apr 28, 2026
How to Read a Soil Test for Fruit Trees (and What to Try Next) with Ariel Agenbroad
Mar 31, 2026
Evaluate Your Soil Before Planting Fruit Trees with Ariel Agenbroad
Feb 24, 2026
How to Grow Fruit Trees Organically: Start Here (Orchard People Podcast Trailer)
Jan 01, 2026
Best Fruit Trees To Grow with James Kaechele
Dec 30, 2025
Fruit Tree Garden Tour UK: Exploring Sustainable Gardening, Espalier, Regenerative Orchard & Community Farming
Nov 25, 2025
UK Apple Cultivars and Red Fleshed Apples at Frank P Matthews Nursery with Steph Dunn James
Oct 28, 2025
Soil Microscopy for Healthy Fruit Trees with Matt Powers
Sep 30, 2025
Fruit Tree Garden Design with Colleen Dieter
Aug 26, 2025
Growing Fruit Trees Naturally with Lindsay Engers
Jul 29, 2025
Companion Planting Fruit Trees with Ryan Blosser
Jun 24, 2025
How to Choose the Right Fruit Tree with Josh Davis
May 27, 2025
Growing Medlar Trees with Jane Steward
Apr 29, 2025
Best Apple Trees for Warm Climates with Larry Stephenson
Mar 25, 2025
Pruning to Improve Fruit Quality with Harold Thornbro
Feb 26, 2025
Espalier Fruit Tree Pruning with Andy Lewis
Jan 28, 2025
How to Keep Water in the Soil with Bill Wilson
Dec 31, 2024
Best Fruit Tree Pruning Tools
Nov 26, 2024
Columnar Apple Trees for Small Gardens
Oct 29, 2024
Fertilizing Fruit Trees in the Fall: Biodynamic Tips with Alan Suprenant
Sep 24, 2024
Fruit Tree Nutrient Deficiencies with Eric Hanson
Aug 27, 2024
USDA Wild and Cultivated Apple Tree Collection with Ben Gutierrez
Jul 30, 2024
Beneficial Nematodes with David Shapiro-Ilan
Jun 25, 2024
Fruit Mummies with Kerik Cox
May 28, 2024
Fruit Tree Patents with Jeremy Kent Tamsen
Apr 30, 2024
Best Wood Chips for Fruit Trees with Linda Chalker-Scott
Mar 27, 2024
Fruit Trees in Fabric Pots with Kevin Espiritu
Feb 28, 2024
Grafting Compatibility with Kevin Folta
Jan 30, 2024
Old Apple Varieties with Daniel Bussey
Dec 27, 2023
Fruit Tree Care Lessons with Greg Peterson
Nov 28, 2023
Hügelkultur with Paul Wheaton
Oct 31, 2023
EASY GROW Fruit Trees and PRUNING with Harold Thornbro & Susan Poizner
Sep 26, 2023
Fool Proof Apple Preservation with Melissa K Norris
Aug 29, 2023
Fruit Tree Pruning Techniques with Tom Spellman
Jul 26, 2023
Hybrid Persimmons with Darren Bender-Beauregard
Jun 27, 2023
Regenerative Fruit Tree Sprays with Nigel Palmer
May 30, 2023
Multi-Fruit Trees with Javier Rivera
Apr 25, 2023
Protecting Fruit Tree Blossoms from Frost with Kevin Folta
Mar 28, 2023
Fig Propagation with Sam Hubert
Mar 01, 2023
Apple Tree Rootstocks Explained with John Strang
Feb 01, 2023
Foodscaping with Matt Lebon
Dec 27, 2022
Growing Hardy Apple Trees with Bob Osborne
Nov 29, 2022
Growing Hardy Kiwi Vines with Iago Hale
Oct 25, 2022
Why Pests Can't Attack Healthy Plants with Thomas M. Dykstra
Sep 27, 2022
Growing Heirloom Peaches with Lawton Pearson
Aug 30, 2022
How to Grow a Fruiting Wall with Matthew Whiting
Jul 26, 2022
Turning Your Backyard into a Food Forest with Dani Baker
Jun 28, 2022
Espalier Fruit Trees for Small Gardens with Ron Perry
May 31, 2022
Do Plant Hardiness Zones Matter with Dan McKenney and John Pedlar
Apr 26, 2022
Grow Fruit Trees Fast - Varieties and Best Tree Care Practices with John Cline
Mar 29, 2022
Grafting Fruit Trees with Steph Roth
Feb 23, 2022
Perry Pears for Cider with Barry Masterson
Jan 25, 2022
Irrigation Systems for Fruit Trees
Dec 28, 2021
Heirloom Fruit Recipes for The Holiday with Darren Turpin, Paul Couchman, and Brigitte Webster
Nov 30, 2021
Being a Tree Detective with Lindsay Mitchell and Sarah Ruark
Oct 26, 2021
Food Forest Design with Lincoln Smith
Sep 28, 2021
Drought Resistant South West Peaches with Reagan Wytsalucy
Aug 31, 2021
Will Nitrogen Fixing Plants Improve Soil Fertility? with Stefan Sobkowiak
Jul 27, 2021
Custom Fruit Tree Spray Recipes with John Kempf
Jun 29, 2021
Bury Your Briefs to Evaluate Soil Microbes with Cameron Ogilvie and Kari Dunfield
May 25, 2021
Soil and Tissue Testing with Jack Legg
Apr 20, 2021
Growing Blueberries with Kathleen Demchak
Mar 15, 2021
Creating a "Tree of 40 Fruit" with Sam Van Aken
Feb 18, 2021
When To Fertilize Fruit Trees with Robert Crassweller
Jan 21, 2021
Native Apple Trees with Paul Kron
Dec 22, 2020
Apple Tasting Party with Yael Hickok and Dr. Amy Bowen
Nov 11, 2020
How to Prune Old Fruit Trees with Bob Lever
Oct 22, 2020
Growing Fruit Trees in Extreme Climates with Greg Peterson
Sep 22, 2020
Community Orchards in the UK and Beyond with Lewis McNeill
Aug 17, 2020
Bee Garden Design and Fruit Trees with Lorraine Johnson
Jul 06, 2020
Vertical Mulching and Worms in Soil with Glynn Percival
Jun 15, 2020
Biochar and Fruit Trees with Mark and Laurie Mann
May 19, 2020
Cover Crops and Fruit Trees with Christina Curell
Apr 24, 2020
Fruit Tree Traps with Kristy Grigg-McGuffin
Jan 29, 2020
Pawpaw Fruit Facts with Paul DeCampo and Isaac Crosby
Jan 22, 2020
Developing a Fruit Tree Spray Schedule with Mike Biltonen
Jan 08, 2020
Growing Jesuit Pear Trees with Paul Spence
Nov 26, 2019
Luther Burbank's Garden of Invention with Rachel Spaeth
Sep 23, 2019
What are Biofertilizers? with Simon Neufeld
Aug 27, 2019
Growing Perennial Vegetables with Ben Caesar
Jul 25, 2019
Fruit Trees and Spotted Wing Drosophila with Nikki Rothwell
Jun 25, 2019
Growing Elderberries as a Cash Crop with Terry Durham
Jun 09, 2019
Mites and Fruit Trees with Fred Beaulieu
May 24, 2019
Dying Apple Trees and Sudden Apple Decline (SAD) with Kari Peter
Apr 30, 2019
Growing Uncommon Fruits with Lee Reich
Mar 26, 2019
Growing Tropical Fruits Anywhere with Byron Martin
Feb 26, 2019
Buying Organic Fruit Trees with Taylor Ingram
Feb 05, 2019
Autumn Olives - If You Can't Beat Them, Eat Them! with Dustin Kelly
Dec 10, 2018
Dehydrating Fruit with Teresa Marrone
Nov 20, 2018
Easy Berries with Bob Bors
Oct 30, 2018
Hazelnuts and Truffles with Adam Koizol
Sep 25, 2018
Willow Mulch for Fruit Trees with Dr. Glynn Percival
Aug 28, 2018
Herbs in Your Pollinator Garden with Brittany Wood Nickerson
Jul 31, 2018
Edible Landscaping & The Use of Animals with Gary and Joel Salatin
Jun 13, 2018
Aphids & Fruit Trees with Stephen A. Marshall
May 14, 2018
Maintaining Your Fruit Tree Pruning Tools with Ben Cullen
Apr 05, 2018
Mulching Fruit Trees - Which Mulches are Best? with Professor David Granatstein
Mar 27, 2018
Growing Olive Trees with Cary Cloud (Guest Host by Steve Biggs)
Feb 27, 2018
Preventing Lyme Disease with Rossana Magnotta
Jan 25, 2018
No Fuss Fruit with Steve and Emma Biggs
Dec 26, 2017
Apple Cold Storage and Honeycrisp Challenges with Dr. Randy Beaudry
Oct 31, 2017
Kickstarting Your Soil with Elizabeth Stell
Aug 29, 2017
What is IPM? with Kristy Grigg-McGuffin
Jul 25, 2017
Protecting Fruit Trees from Deer, Squirrels and other Critters with Rhonda Massingham Hart
Jun 26, 2017
How to Grow Beach Plums with Ken Asmus
May 30, 2017
Battling Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs with Tracy Leskey
Apr 26, 2017
All You Need To Know About Pawpaws with Dan Bissonnette
Mar 17, 2017
The Best of Urban Forestry Radio 2016
Feb 28, 2017
Growing Fruit Trees in the Desert with Greg Peterson, and Native Edibles with Russ Cohen
Jan 22, 2017
Growing Chestnut Trees with Alen Rosic, and Disease Resistant Chestnut with Dr. Sandra Anagnostakis
Dec 27, 2016
The Next Great Apple with Rob Wyles, and the Science Behind Apple Tasting and Breeding with Daryl Somers
Nov 29, 2016
Learning From Leaves with Linda Chalker-Scott, and Cherry Rootstock with Lynn Long
Oct 25, 2016
How to Make Cider with Ben Watson, and Girls in the Trees with Katrina van Osch-Saxon
Sep 27, 2016
Fireblight with Dr. Kari Peter, and Persimmon Passion with Bill Preston
Aug 30, 2016
The Sex Lives of Insect Pests with Dr. Gary Judd, and Fruit Tree Irrigation with Chuck Ingels
Jul 26, 2016
How to Grow Seabuckthorn with Bill Schroeder, and Rescuing a Private Apple Tree Collection by Cloning with Joanie Cooper
Jun 28, 2016
A Fruit Tree Growing App with Guido Schnabel, and Cycling for Trees with Warren Hoselton
May 31, 2016
Climate Change and Fruit Trees - How Do We Prepare with Greg Peck, and Food Preservation with Joel MacCharles
Apr 26, 2016
No Room For a Cherry Tree? Try a Cherry Shrub! with Dr. Bob Bors, Loretta Bors, and Virginie Gysel
Mar 29, 2016
The Socioeconomic Impact of Trees - Shade Grown Coffee with Ryan Hatt, Ernie Grimo on Nut Trees, and Sue Arndt on Fresh Fruit
Mar 03, 2016
How Good Bugs Can Protect Your Fruit Trees From Pests with Jessica Walliser and Brian Spencer
Jan 30, 2016
Know Your Fruit Tree's Name with Jason Adkins, and Brown Turkey Fig Trees in Philly with Erica Smith Fichman
Jan 27, 2016
Growing Fig and Lemon Trees in Cold Climates with Steve Biggs, and Apple Tree Training with Thomas Wilson
Jan 04, 2016
How to Grow Haskaps with Don Northcott and Adapting Urban Orchards with Anna Rallings
Jan 04, 2016