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With a little planning on fruit varieties that you want, you will be able to raise fresh non-chemical produce for your family. And by adding other soft fruits like strawberries and melons you will have a great supply of fresh fruit for any occasion.

Here are two you tube videos on small fruit orchards.

One shows growing a small fruit orchard in your backyard. This garden is set up in a city and set up in a raised bed. You could also grow the fruit trees in containers for the patio or balcony garden.

One point mentioned is that sometimes you have to wait a year or two for the fruit to produce.

What I do during this waiting time is add leafy vegetables around the trees or in the containers for color and to make use of the space.

The next video shows how to grow blueberries.

Blueberries add to any mini orchard and are easy to grow. You will need at least two varieties of blueberries for cross-pollination so a larger patio or balcony will be needed or a backyard for the blueberry plants.

This you tube shows planting a blueberry plant in a container. What I like about this your tube is that they really showed mixing up a great soil that will keep the plant healthy and producing for years.

I have 6 blueberry plants that I planted in a circular garden form near the patio and added other small fruit in this area. Vine peach on a trellis, rhubarb in a few groupings, kiwi fruit and raspberries all grow here. I added a few herbs and edible flowers for color and as other crops to harvest.

I also added a bench and a water fountain to this area to create a wonderful place to read or relax in my backyard oasis.

A small fruit orchard can add to the beauty and value of your home  and with the new varieties of small growing trees you can grow almost any fruit that will grow in your climate.