Fruit trees aren't always easy to look after, but these varieties are hardy and quick to grow — making them the perfect ...

Imagine growing your own backyard fruit orchard, but without having to do much in the way of pest control, weed management, or fertilizing because the carefully selected companion plants support and ...

Aug. 31—There's a cornucopia in Orlando Romero's Nambé backyard, and the feast has reached all the way to Santa Fe. To reap the rewards of an overzealous apricot tree, Romero invited eight ...

Fruit tastes better when it's ripe, but what is ripe and how do you get there? We need to define a few terms that you'll encounter when reading fruit catalogs and other publications. Mature is the ...

Stone fruit are fruit with one large pit, or stone, at their center. Traditional stone fruit are apricots, cherries, nectarines, peaches and plums; novel hybrids aprium, pluot, and plumcot have been ...

Fruits bring year-round interest to your garden as well as a sense of achievement gained by growing and harvesting your own ...

In temperate climates, fall is usually harvest season. In the tropics, crops ripen year-round. For those who want to harvest their fruit at its peak and have it last on the shelf or in transit, ...

If there’s anyone who knows what to do with lemons, it’s Margie Stark. The La Crescenta resident is the proud owner of a 45-year-old lemon tree that has for years provided culinary inspiration — from ...

Scientists have shown for the first time the widespread harm caused in Peru by cutting down the palm tree Mauritia flexuosa in order to harvest its fruit. The scientists examined where and why the ...

A fruit tree guild sets all your plants up for optimal growth by creating a mini-ecosystem. Imagine growing your own backyard fruit orchard, but without having to do much in the way of pest control, ...