369: Baba Yaga & Holistic Orchards | NC

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Discover Kordick Family Farm and Baba Yaga

Hear from Dorsey and daughter Brittany, the mother and daughter team at Korkdick Family Farm with Baba Yaga as their guide. Dorsey is a long time apple fan and even attended Peter Mitchell’s cidermaking courses in the UK early on making her one of the first American’s to take the UK course. Brittany studied agriculture and the two together make a dynamic team. Their main crop is apples and they apply holistic orchard practices.

369 Illustration Baba Yaga's Apples of Eternal Youth — Illustration for story of Kordick Family Farm called; Baba Yaga’s Apples of Eternal Youth

In this Chat

The story behind Kordick Farm
- Baba Yaga inspiration
How it works for a mother and daughter team – do you have help?
The orchard,
- number of apple varieties and pear (southern apple varieties?)

Garlic growing between rows of apple trees at Kordick Family Farm as part of orchard floor management. — Garlic planted beneath apple trees at Kordick Family Farm in North Carolina. Companion crops can help diversify orchard production while making efficient use of growing space.

- root stock that works.
- orchard practices
  - What do you no longer do and what is working (why) in our warming climate
  - Root stock used for that climate

Squash plants growing beneath apple trees at Kordick Family Farm as part of an intercropping system. — Squash growing beneath apple trees at Kordick Family Farm in North Carolina, demonstrating how intercropping can make productive use of orchard space.

- Who is your market
- What you sell
- Kordicks Esty story
Advice for new orchardist and women in particular who are interested in following a similar path.

Baba Yaga Renditions designed by Brittany Kordick