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    Fruit and Nut Tree Growers BC

    I just found this on the Organic Growers' Association website : Hannah Brook Farm Contact: Martin Rothe 10067-287 St Maple Ridge, BC...
    Post by: ddtwo, Feb 20, 2008 in forum: Outdoor Gardening in the Pacific Northwest
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    Fruit and Nut Tree Growers BC

    Hi there, Yes, there is at least one local commercial grower of fruit trees other than apples. Cannor grows and sells a number of different...
    Post by: ddtwo, Feb 12, 2008 in forum: Outdoor Gardening in the Pacific Northwest
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    Chestnuts tree source

    I'm a bit loathe to try the grow-my-own route as these guys do take a long time to mature and prove themselves and in the meantime take up a fair...
    Post by: ddtwo, Dec 12, 2007 in forum: Fruit and Nut Trees
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    Chestnuts tree source

    And another useful site on chestnuts ... The Canadian Chestnut Council http://www.uoguelph.ca/~chestnut/
    Post by: ddtwo, Dec 10, 2007 in forum: Fruit and Nut Trees
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    Chestnuts tree source

    EUREKA!! A very useful site for finding plants in BC: http://www.bclna.com/ Click on the "Plant Finder" bar on the left-hand side. WHEEE!!!!!...
    Post by: ddtwo, Dec 10, 2007 in forum: Fruit and Nut Trees
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    Chestnuts tree source

    Hi Ron, Thanks for your response. I was very thrilled to see this website, until I came to the following line: "We ship nursery stock within...
    Post by: ddtwo, Dec 10, 2007 in forum: Fruit and Nut Trees
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    Chestnuts tree source

    Hello! I am looking for variety recommendations and a source for sweet chestnut trees (don't care whether they're Asian, European or hybrids of...
    Thread by: ddtwo, Dec 9, 2007, 7 replies, in forum: Fruit and Nut Trees
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    Honey Bee Disappearances

    FYI - I'm seeing honeybees again this year - though not quite as many as last year (my perception, which could be valid or invalid ...) and also...
    Post by: ddtwo, Jun 21, 2007 in forum: Conversations Forum
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    Fruit and Nut Tree Growers BC

    Thanks very much for that information! :-) Diane.
    Post by: ddtwo, May 14, 2007 in forum: Outdoor Gardening in the Pacific Northwest
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    Fruit and Nut Tree Growers BC

    I've so far located one local commercial grower, Cannor, which has a nursery operation as well as retail garden centres, so I've contacted them to...
    Post by: ddtwo, May 13, 2007 in forum: Outdoor Gardening in the Pacific Northwest
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    Fruit and Nut Tree Growers BC

    Hi Karin, Yes, adaptation to local conditions is one reason I would like to find a local grower, but I also want to support the idea that...
    Post by: ddtwo, Apr 28, 2007 in forum: Outdoor Gardening in the Pacific Northwest
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    Fruit and Nut Tree Growers BC

    Thanks for the info - I realise many of the big garden centres like Art's in Langley and Art Knapp's on KGH have fruit trees, but they seem to...
    Post by: ddtwo, Apr 27, 2007 in forum: Outdoor Gardening in the Pacific Northwest
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    Honey Bee Disappearances

    I too noticed a marked increase in the numbers of honeybees this past year. During the years when honeybees seemed to be absent (they couldn't...
    Post by: ddtwo, Apr 27, 2007 in forum: Conversations Forum
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    Fruit and Nut Tree Growers BC

    Thanks for the help. Derry has quite a lot of apple trees but it doesn't seem like they have any other kinds of fruit. I suppose I'm going to...
    Post by: ddtwo, Apr 27, 2007 in forum: Outdoor Gardening in the Pacific Northwest