How To Grow Herbs For An Unparalleled Backyard Orchard

By Kathryn Robles

Learn some of the best herbs you can plant to grow healthy and happy fruit trees no matter how much space you have.

These popular and useful plants are great additions to your backyard orchard.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kathryn Robles
• Release date: Aug 10, 2021
• ISBN: 9781005876142

Kathryn Robles

Kathryn writes about her family’s adventures creating an urban farm in the city, even if that means overcoming her black thumb or having chickens taking a dust bath under the trampoline. She never expected to find herself farming in the city, or farming at all, but it turns out she loves it! What’s better is she loves talking about it and sharing what she's learned with others.

Book preview

How To Grow Herbs

For An Unparalleled Backyard Orchard

By Kathryn Robles

Copyright © 2021 Kathryn Robles

All rights reserved.

Contents

You Should Plant a Fruit Tree Guild

What To Plant In Your Fruit Tree Guild

Angelica

Bee Balm

Borage

Chives

Clover

Comfrey

Daffodils

Dill

Echinacea

Fennel

Feverfew

Garlic

Geranium

Ginger

Goldenseal

Horseradish

Lavender

Lemon Balm

Marigolds

Marjoram

Mint

Nasturtiums

Oregano

Parsley

Rosemary

Sage

Tansy

Tarragon

Thyme

Wormwood

Yarrow

Add Herbs To Your Orchard

You Should Plant a Fruit Tree Guild

Fruit trees are one of the most productive and beneficial things you can grow in your backyard (or front yard!).  They produce for years with very little effort on your part.  Plus, they give you shade and are beautiful to look at.

One way you can improve the health and productivity of your tree is by planting a fruit tree guild.  A guild is essentially companion plants that will benefit your tree in some way.

Think in layers.  Your tree is the topmost layer.  You can add some shorter fruiting shrubs below it, then a variety of herbs and other beneficial plants surround your tree creating its own mini-ecosystem.

That micro system can help you have unparalleled results in your backyard orchard.  It can help you reduce pests without having to spray, attract bees and other pollinators so you don’t have to hand pollinate, and reduce weeds that take up your precious time.

Herbs are some of the most beneficial plants that you can include in your plant guilds.  Plus, they often have multiple uses as well!

A picture containing dirty Description automatically generated

What To Plant In Your Fruit Tree Guild

Here are some of the best herbs you can grow for your fruit trees, as well as how they will benefit your trees and you!

Angelica

Planting Angelica near your