• Too Cold for Tender Fruit? Hear What this Prairie Grower Does

  • Jun 6 2024
  • Length: 32 mins
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Too Cold for Tender Fruit? Hear What this Prairie Grower Does

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  • Think your climate is too cold to grow tender fruit?

    Find out how this grower harvests peaches, plums, cherries, apricots, and more…despite winter temperatures that can dip to -38°C (-36°F) and a short summer.

    In this episode, Donna and Steven chat with Saskatchewan fruit grower Dean Kreutzer.

    We talk about:

    • Fruit adapted to cold climates
    • Using unheated greenhouses to grow tender fruit, grapes…and figs
    • Heat sinks and insulated tarps
    • Capturing heat from the ground—without an elaborate geothermal heating system


    Kreutzer and his wife run Over the Hill Orchards in Saskatchewan.

    If you’re looking for more on cold-hardy fruit, check out this post on Saskatoon Berries.

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