If you're interested in growing your own fruit trees but live in a colder climate, you still have options. Consider this ...

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 ...

Yes, you can grow fresh fruit on your balcony.

These trees and shrubs provide food for wildlife while adding some welcome color to the winter landscape.

You don’t need a sprawling orchard or years of gardening experience to grow certain types of fruit trees. Many of the most ...

Fruit trees may not produce fruit due to improper tree vigor, often caused by over-fertilization or excessive pruning. Frost damage can prevent fruit set, even if flowers open; choose later-blooming ...

I interrupt today’s cocktail hour to talk about…cocktails. After naming, renaming, classifying plants, and pondering the meaning of life, our friends at Botanists ‘R Us, probably needed a good stiff ...

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 don’t have to have a significant property to grow fruit trees. Lots of fruit and nut trees can grow in Rowan County. Some of the most popular include apples, peaches, persimmons, pears and pecans.

Everyone loves summer for any number of different reasons. One very sweet reason is all the summer fruits that become available, such as plums, peaches, cherries and nectarines. Even though Southern ...