Growing Fruit Trees Naturally with Lindsay Engers

About this episode

Lindsay Engers discusses how to grow fruit trees naturally using historical knowledge and ecological practices.

Learn how to grow fruit trees naturally by leveraging historical knowledge and organic, regenerative, and ecological practices with Lindsay Engers. Lindsay is a horticulturist, lecturer, and founder/owner of Chiltern Heritage Orchards (CHO) in the UK. Lindsay operates his orchard with 3 simple principles: Historical knowledge of reliable cultivars and growing requirements. Organic and regenerative growing techniques which produce highly flavoured, nutritious and pesticide-free crops. Use diverse ecological environmental practices to support the crop through beneficial insects, birds and bats. Lindsay believes this is a very exciting time for agriculture "if you can persuade yourself to forget some of the things you learned in the past, and you open up a little bit to the idea of being a biological grower." The host of the Orchard People radio show and podcast is Susan Poizner of the fruit tree care education website www.orchardpeople.com . Susan is the author of four books on fruit tree care. Learn more here: https://learn.orchardpeople.com/books She is also the creator of five-star rated premium online fruit tree care education at: https://learn.orchardpeople.com HOW TO TUNE IN…

People in this episode

Host: Susan Poizner

Guest: Lindsay Engers

Topics covered

• fruit trees
• organic farming
• regenerative agriculture
• horticulture
• ecological practices

Keywords

• fruit trees
• organic
• regenerative
• horticulture
• ecological practices
• nutritious crops
• beneficial insects

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Chiltern Heritage Orchards, Orchard People

Places: UK

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