Kim Pezza

Backyard Farming: Fruit Trees, Berries and Nuts, is Kim Pezza's latest book in her Backyard Farming series. it is a great overview book to introduce potential backyard grower to growing Fruit trees, berries and nuts. The book combines some scientific details with practical guidance on how to plant and care for your plants. Kim Pezza also includes information on the most common diseases and problems for the respective plant/tree. The book is divided into 8 chapters. The chapters focus on the show more history of cultivating fruit trees, the basics, propagation, container growing (not everything takes a lot of space), growing: fruits, berries, nuts, and tropical varieties,and finally harvesting and preserving.

Rather than just stay at the higher discussion level, Ms Pezza provides useful information on specific types of fruits, nuts and berries. She hits all the main varieties. She explains when to plant, prune, how to care for and finally how to harvest.

It's a bit light on the preserving section. I don't can or preserve foods, so it didn't bother me.

The book is a great overview book. If you're looking to become a backyard gardener, Backyard Farming: Home Harvesting: Canning and Curing, Pickling and Preserving Vegetables, Fruits and Meats is a great book to start with.

Now for the legal language: I won this book as part of the goodreads.com reader giveaway. show less