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Easiest Fruit Trees

Central Texas Gardener takes brand-new and seasoned gardeners down a sustainable garden path with organic techniques, water-wise plants, and homegrown food. Get design inspiration, hands-on how-to, and behind-the-scenes tours of Texas gardeners at home.

Easiest Fruit Trees

Season 17 Episode 9 | 26m 46s

What are the easiest fruit trees to grow? Tom Spencer and Texas AgriLife Fruit Specialist Jim Kamas have ideas for your home orchard. Trisha Shirey shows how to grow persimmons. Daphne Richards features Swiss chard. On tour, visit a grower to see where nursery plants get started.

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Support for CTG is provided by: Lisa & Desi Rhoden, and Diane Land & Steve Adler. Central Texas Gardener is produced by Austin PBS, KLRU-TV and distributed by NETA.

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