Fruit Trees in Permaculture: Peaches

By Manisha Lath Gupta May 05, 2015 1 min read
Fruit Trees in Permaculture: Peaches

We planted 200+ fruit trees in 2011 during our plantation at Aanandaa, and it took years for them to bear fruit. We had our first real peach harvest in 2015.

peach blossom

We have 6 peach trees, which gave us big, juicy peaches that we picked and ate through the day.

Harvesting peaches at Aanandaa

We realised that the trees are biennial in their fruiting, and we are now speculating whether we need staggered planting to ensure a harvest every year.

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