Apples on tree branch

Not-so-obvious fruit tree planting tips

A reader of Ministry Of The Fence recently asked me about what to add to the soil for planting a new fruit tree. She posed the question in the comments section of the post entitled “Tea And Bananas: Saving Water, Feeding Plants“. Her question got me thinking. Planting fruit trees is a tricky business but…

Seedlings full grown using snail method

Snail seedlings

A friend of mine recently asked me whether I’d heard about this new method for growing seedlings. Evidently, the “seed snail” method was heating up Instragram. I had to find out more. And when I did, I wondered what you might think about it. A screenshot of the Instagram page introducing the Snail Method of…