Lou Meyer, business developer for Davey's mid-Atlantic region and Emily Tepe, Department of Horticulture professor at the University of Minnesota, talk with Doug about the best practices of creating an edible garden, including which trees to plant and how to handle different hardiness zones.

In this episode we cover:  

• Emily's book: The Edible Landscape (1:08), (24:24)
• Edible landscaping (2:01)
• Which trees can be used in an edible landscape? (2:46), (5:36)
• Growing cherry trees (4:07)
• Growing apple trees (6:43), (9:02)
• Utilizing cultivars (7:30)
• Starting an edible landscape (11:45)
• Pruning edible trees (13:02)
• Growing persimmon trees (13:26)
• How Emily grows in hardiness zone four (15:49)
• Growing strawberries (17:05)
• What to plant in an edible garden (18:45)
• Edible gardens from an arborist's point of view (21:56)

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Learn more about Emily's book, The Edible Landscape: Creating a Beautiful and Bountiful Garden with Vegetables, Fruits and Flowers.

To learn more about growing fruit trees, check out the Davey Tree blogs about caring for fruit trees.

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