Roger's Tree Pick: fruit trees

Welcome to a new and improved Tree Pick for 2009.

For the past five years, I have presented ornamental trees from around the world. However, this past year has brought about some very dramatic and life-altering events that are going to affect us all one way or another as we place food on our tables.

So, over the next 12 months, I will bring you a concept that is not new but is very pertinent for today: growing some of your own wholesome foods.

We live in one of the most wonderful climatic Mediterranean plant zones in the world, where the wide spectrum of what we can grow is enormous.

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