Many of our favorite plants need to go through a cold period known as vernalization. Each species has its own particular ...

The first step to quickly transforming your yard into an orchard is selecting trees that fruit between one and five years.

Having an indoor fruit tree may sound appealing, but not all fruit trees are suited for growing inside. Here are the ones to ...

Frigid Texas winters are beneficial for peach trees because they need a certain number of "chilling hours" to yield a good ...

Many foods we consider essential will simply not be around for our children. But some new tools hold promise when it comes to ...

One of Duncan’s favourites is the yuzu, a citrus fruit popular in China and Japan, which is both hardy (the trees can ...

If you’re in doubt or experiencing poor germination, test a few of the seeds (10 is a good number) by wrapping them in a ...

Unusually warm temperatures in February were a welcomed reprieve from snow, but it is bad news for blueberries. Is climate ...

It never fails, someone brings in peaches from their own orchard to someone else, and that person says, “I want to grow some ...

Winter cold actually aids germination of some seeds. They will fare poorly if planted too late. It's advisable to plant seeds of California poppy, bread seed poppy, larkspur, nigella and bachelors ...

Peach seeds were carried in the pocket of a man who was forced to relocate to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears, and when he arrived in the Eufaula area, he planted them and grew an orchard. The variety ...