Dreaming of stepping into your backyard to pick fresh, juicy fruit straight from the tree? It might seem like a project ...

Pruning is one of the most common maintenance practices. Trees growing in a forest grow well without pruning, but landscape ...

We are fortunate to live in a place where we can grow so many delicacies, Cindy Watter, a UC Master Gardener of Napa County, ...

Steep in milk or cream. Steep a few toasted leaves in warm milk or cream for 20 minutes and then remove and discard (or ...

A GROUP of determined neighbours have transformed a filthy, rat-infested alleyway into a thriving oasis filled with plants and wildlife. Yasmine El-Gabry and her neighbours became sick of fly ...

Figs have always been one of my favorite fruit trees, and I find there’s something special about having one in the home ...

While many of your garden's plants have been flourishing throughout the summer, the start of autumn means there's a lot of work to do. Many of your star plants will begin dying out over the coming ...

If you’d love to grow fruit trees but think you don’t have the space, think again. You don’t need an orchard or even a large backyard to enjoy garden-picked fruit. Related Articles These flowers ...

In my opinion, the easiest fruit to grow in Southeast Texas is the fig—by far! Common figs (Ficus carica) are unique because they do not require pollinators for fruit development. It has become my ...

Summer fruits add a wonderful variety to our seasonal fare. We are fortunate to have a large peach market nearby, on the Ridge and in the Upstate of South Carolina, which ranks second only to ...

The Brown Turkey fig tree (Ficus carica ‘Brown Turkey’) is a popular fruit tree prized for its sweet, mild figs and adaptability to West Texas. Native to the Mediterranean, this variety thrives in ...

First-time food growers fantasize about replacing store-bought produce with a home harvest. But much of what is available at the grocery is grown hundreds, if not thousands, of miles away in highly ...