2. Growing fruit trees in your backyard has many
benefits. Firstly, they create a lovely shady
place to relax or for the children to play under.
This will save them getting sunburned and
possibly developing skin cancer in later life.
Secondly these trees look beautiful. Not only
do they spend several weeks of the year
covered in pretty blossoms, but after that the
developing fruit looks attractive for months.
Their leaves are quite attractive and the shady
branches give birds somewhere to rest and
cool off.
3. In the fall, foliage will turn an attractive shade
of orange or pink on some fruit trees such as
the persimmon. Then of course there is all
that healthy fresh fruit that you can pick and
eat year after year. It is almost free - and you
know exactly what has been sprayed on it. In
many cases, you will not need to spray the
same toxic chemicals onto your fruit tree as
must be sprayed onto commercial orchards.
4. You may also be able to can the fruit, or make many
lovely desserts, jams, fruit leathers or conserves with
it. If you choose citrus fruits you will be able to juice
the fruit to make healthy and tasty drinks. And you
will get two crops per year with citrus.
And if you love a certain fruit such as persimmons, but
cannot buy them often due to their expense or
because they are simply not available, then you can
have a ready supply if you can grow that fruit tree in
your own backyard. So learn how to grow a fruit
tree. You will be surprised how easy and rewarding it
is.
5. Not all trees can be grown in all zones of course, but you will
be surprised at how easy it is to create a mini-climate
where a fruit tree will grow quite well. For those fruit trees
that love warm weather, positioning it near the wall of a
shed or a brick wall that will both absorb and reflect the
heat will often make it possible for a tree to thrive.
Or if you live in a hot spot and would like to grow say, apples,
then you may be able to find a place that is cooler than
surrounding country due to the presence of water or shade
trees. Or you could find a fruit tree that will suit that
climate to be sure of getting at least some fruit.