In the home landscape, fruit trees probably provide the biggest spectacle; beautiful, fragrant spring blossoms followed by an abundance of summer and fall fruit. I have often asked, why is it we do ...

You can harvest luscious peaches, crisp apples and sweet plums right off your own tree. Garden designer and fruit expert Colby Eierman’s Fruit Trees In Small Spaces (Timber Press, 2012) shows how ...

Being able to harvest food from the home landscape has always been popular, whether growing vegetables, herbs, fruit or all three. Growing your own food always seems to get more attention during ...

Tropical and subtropical fruit is being embraced by many South Florida dooryard gardeners. First, consider what kind of fruit you desire and then to research the growing conditions necessary for the ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

ANGELINA COUNTY, Texas (KTRE) - Homeowners that are thinking about adding fruit trees to their home landscape need to first start by taking an honest look at their site. Before we get excited about ...

Urban gardens tend to be small, making it tricky to find the room for an orchard. However, there's one fruit tree variety ...

Q: Several years ago at the university orchard on Horse Drive, you gave us a list of five different peach trees to plant, each ripening at different times. We’ve enjoyed peaches from May through ...