Garden Club for Backyard Fruit Growers
Club members might be interested in following the University of Illinois Extension’s Commercial Fruit and Vegetable Growers Blog. If you are growing fruit you will find many interesting articles and topics with a local focus. You can read the posts here: Commercial Fruit and Vegetable …
Event Description: Find out what grafting fruit trees is all about. Learn the whys and hows with experienced grafters. A variety of member donated scion wood will be available. The purpose of the grafting workshop is to learn how to graft. Nonmember beginners will learn …
Event Date(s): February 11, 2025Event Time: 8:30 AM – 1:30 PMLocation: Barefoot Restaurant, 106 S Water St., Hardin, IL 62047Event Fee: $35.00 Support the success of your tree fruit operation with practical research-tested best practices from industry experts at the 2025 Commercial Tree Fruit School. …
NAFEX is hosting three days of online sessions Nov. 7-9 via ZOOM. Session topics include: Outside the Cider Apple Box(David Carr of Raging Cider) No Land, No Problem. Growing with minimal space(Lee Reich) Old Southern Apples & New Opportunities(Jason Bowen, Horne Creek Farm and Josh …
Event Description: Do you have more apples than you know what to do with? Do some have blemishes or minor insect damage that would prevent you from eating them raw? Instead of tossing them into the compost heap bring then to the cider social and …
Event Description: The Fall Harvest Festival at the Chicago Botanic Gardens is our largest public event, fund raiser, and membership drive all rolled into one. It’s a fun exciting experience and a great opportunity to socialize and network with MidFExers while learning the virtues of …
NOTE: This event was rescheduled due to weather from 9/22. Event Description: Shelly Kibbler has invited MidFEx members to her place to help her prune some of her young fruit trees. Experienced members will be on hand to demonstrate pruning strategies and techniques, and provide …
Latest Details: The date is Sunday July 14, 2024. Setup is at 11am or earlier as needed and lunch starts at 12 noon. Check the Members Only page for event location. Event Description: The Summer Picnic is a time for MidFEx to get together for …
Event Description: Just because you plant a fruit tree doesn’t mean you get to eat the fruit whenyou have to contend with nature. Kevin learned the hard way that planning is alarge part of adequately defending your orchard from four-legged pests.What you plant, where, how …
Event Description: Orchard Garden Walk hosted by Deb Graham in Barrington. Please join us on this one-acre lake front garden orchard that includes a large koi pond, many ornamental and fruit trees planted in a guild style. Date: August 4th Time: 1:00 pm start. This …