Silver Creek Nursery Blog

Apple Chutney: Quick, Simple and Delicious!

Lightly spiced (unless you want to tweak it with the optional additions) with sweet and tangy flavour that pairs well with cheese platters, grilled cheese (who wants a fancy grilled...

Apple Chutney: Quick, Simple and Delicious!

Lightly spiced (unless you want to tweak it with the optional additions) with sweet and tangy flavour that pairs well with cheese platters, grilled cheese (who wants a fancy grilled...

Planting Guidelines

Planting Guidelines

Bare-root planting involves using dormant plants that are shipped without soil around their roots. This method is economical and often results in stronger plants, as they adapt well to their...

Planting Guidelines

Bare-root planting involves using dormant plants that are shipped without soil around their roots. This method is economical and often results in stronger plants, as they adapt well to their...

Peach Honey Butter

Peach Honey Butter

Despite this they are delicious when freshly picked (especially sun-warmed while up on the ladder doing the picking!) and the lack of care just showcases how easily one can get...

Peach Honey Butter

Despite this they are delicious when freshly picked (especially sun-warmed while up on the ladder doing the picking!) and the lack of care just showcases how easily one can get...

Juglone Tolerant Plants: A (Somewhat) Quick Rundown

Juglone Tolerant Plants: A (Somewhat) Quick Run...

...There are somewhat recent studies showing that healthy soil high in organic matter and mycorrhizal fungi can reduce the toxicity of juglone, suggesting that many more plants could grow successfully...

Juglone Tolerant Plants: A (Somewhat) Quick Run...

...There are somewhat recent studies showing that healthy soil high in organic matter and mycorrhizal fungi can reduce the toxicity of juglone, suggesting that many more plants could grow successfully...

A Year of Plenty (of Perspective)

A Year of Plenty (of Perspective)

Something not discussed often enough when planning an orchard is how the orchard might serve you beyond the conventional mindset of exclusively yield per acre of marketable pounds of fruit...

A Year of Plenty (of Perspective)

Something not discussed often enough when planning an orchard is how the orchard might serve you beyond the conventional mindset of exclusively yield per acre of marketable pounds of fruit...

Lovely Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

Lovely Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

In late spring of my first year at the nursery, I was amazed at just how abundant the Grandma Barbara-Anne rhubarb was! I love strawberry rhubarb pie but had never made...

Lovely Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

In late spring of my first year at the nursery, I was amazed at just how abundant the Grandma Barbara-Anne rhubarb was! I love strawberry rhubarb pie but had never made...