Planting fruit trees can bring a bountiful harvest to your yard. You can pick your own apples, peaches, pears, oranges, figs, ...

Many homeowners enjoy growing their own fruit, but they have also learned that they require a lot of care to approach the quality of products obtained from a commercial orchard or grocery store.

Evergreen fruit trees, including lemon trees, other citrus varieties, and avocado, don’t require a chilling or dormant period ...

Orcharding requires effort, but the resulting yields of fresh fruit make it all worthwhile. One of the most important aspects of growing fruit trees is pruning. This applies to large commercial and ...

Do not plant black walnuts, eastern red cedars, junipers, and hawthorns near apple trees. Avoid planting tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, brassicas, and root vegetables near apples. Sunflowers nearby also ...

Growing tree fruit is rewarding. Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oneida County's Horticultural Hotline receives many calls about tree fruit problems. Growing tree fruit is rewarding. However, it's ...

The warm weather we've experienced in Greater Columbus this past week has many a gardener itching to get outside and plant something. This past week I saw the first fruit trees available for purchase ...

If you plant a seed from a Gala apple, the chances are one in a hundred (or less) that the fruit produced from the tree that grows will be sweet. As Henry David Thoreau remarked, such seedling-grown ...

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories. CATHY WURZER: Well, if you've ever wanted to grow an apple tree in your yard, there is a new tree on the market just ...