Growing fruit trees in your garden can give you a bounty of delicious and fresh homegrown fruit superior to any you get in stores. Fertilizing your fruit trees helps keep the plant healthy and ...

Whether you have a miniature fruit tree or a full blown orchard, these edible additions to your yard are a simple way to start growing your own crops (plus they're blossom is sure to be a beautiful ...

Fertilizing your trees will go a long way toward increasing fruit size and yield. There is nothing quite like the joy of picking fresh fruit from your own fruit tree. To achieve a steady and plentiful ...

Certain fruit trees thrive when planted in early spring, as this helps their root systems establish before summer heat, ...

Spring is a good time to prune fruit trees. Pruning should be done before the fruit trees begin to break bud (leaf out) in early spring. Summer pruning of fruit trees isn't recommended, but water ...

CORVALLIS — It’s the time of year when fruit trees are on the minds of beginning and experienced backyard enthusiasts. More and more homeowners are adding fruit trees to their landscape and now’s the ...

Emma Erler, lead horticulturist at Kirkwood Gardens and Homegrown NH host, says it's not too early to place your order if you’re considering planting fruit trees in your garden this year. “Actually ...

“Another popular choice is dwarf peach trees, which begin fruiting in only 1 to 2 years through proper pruning and grow to ...

If you’re new to growing fruit trees and expecting instant gratification, we’ll have to burst your bubble before we get any further: most fruit trees take three full growing seasons before they begin ...

Aim to fertilize fruit trees in spring or early summer. This timing allows the trees to absorb nutrients they can use for new growth and fruit production, says Lauren St. Germain Kidd, the owner of ...