Garden Club for Backyard Fruit Growers
Presented as a Zoom series. These Zoom sessions can be accessed through Zoom.us website or through the Zoom app. Use the meeting ID to join the meeting. Session #1. Deirdre Birmingham, The Cider Farm Deirdre Birmingham is an owner and orchard manager of The Cider …
The Super Bowl of Pruning! Fine Tune Pruning – Most trees will have some pruning already started, some not so much. Focus will be on what else needs to be done. Why they are pruned like they are and what was done wrong. You will …
Event Description: The Club’s annual potluck business meeting day is Sunday, January 14, 2024. What better way to chase away the winter chill than with a steaming bowl of homemade soup? Our annual business meeting will begin with our annual Soup Bowl Luncheon. Potluck hot …
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 …
ATTENTION: This event has been rescheduled, the new date is Sunday September 24, 2023. Event Description: Join us for an Orchard Walk: Apples on Oak. Larry Peceniak, one of our Kurle Memorial Lecture speakers this year, has generously agreed to take us on a tour …
Latest Details: The date is Sunday July 16, 2023. Setup is at 11am and lunch starts at noon. Check the Members Only page for event location. Event Description: The Summer Picnic is a time for MidFEx to come together for a fun afternoon. This year …
Event Description: Just because you plant a fruit tree doesn’t mean you get to eat the fruit when you have to contend with nature. Kevin learned the hard way that planning is a large part of adequately defending your orchard from four-legged pests (Chipmunks to …
Event Description: MidFEx pruning workshops provide a unique opportunity to hear varying pruning techniques and philosophies discussed and see them demonstrated. We will be pruning 3 year old fruit trees planted along a public edible trail. Many new fruit growers are perplexed about when and how to …
Presented as a 3-part Zoom series. These Zoom sessions can be accessed through Zoom.us or the Zoom app. Session #1. Ronald Perry Professor Emeritus Ronald Perry, Retired Chairman of the Horticulture Department of Michigan State University, returns to the Kurle Lectern to provide espalier growing …
