Thursday, March 17, 2005

Fruit Tree Care Starts With Rolling Your Own

Thomas Leo Ogren flat out loves growing fruit trees. He says he's been crazy about them all his life. Or at least, as much of his life as he can remember.

Which is pretty important when it comes to fruit tree care.

"Actually," he says, "the very first thing I can clearly recall involved fruit trees. I was about three, possibly four years old.

"It was a warm, lazy spring weekend and my older sisters were gone somewhere with my mom, but my dad was home, working in the garage.

"I wasn’t allowed to cross the street by myself, but down the block, across the street, was a beautiful pineapple guava tree growing in the middle of some grouchy old man’s lawn..."

Now where do you think that fruit tree care started? Read on...