Harvesting Methods & Resources

 

Build Your Own Tree Shaker - for those who would like to use the shake and catch method instead of a ladder for for apples and plums. Designed by Village Harvest volunteers to mimic the tree shakers that were used before mechanical shakers were developed.

Ladder-less Harvesting Techniques - Villages Harvest publication summarizing different techniques that their volunteers developed over the years.

Harvesting and Storing Tree Fruit - Iowa State University

What is Backyard Orchard Culture - Dave Wilson Nursery. Includes ideas for high density planting, successive ripening and pruning in a backyard orchard.