Fruit trees flourish when they're growing in an ecosystem that supports and nourishes them. This ancient technique aims to achieve just that in your orchard.

You can harvest luscious peaches, crisp apples and sweet plums right off your own tree. Garden designer and fruit expert Colby Eierman’s Fruit Trees In Small Spaces (Timber Press, 2012) shows how ...

One of the oldest advanced techniques of gardening — and one of my favorites — is espaliering, which involves shaping woody plants into two-dimensional shapes. Now, in bare root season, it’s timely to ...

These fruit trees benefit from being planted in the fall because it allows them to establish a good root system before ...

Trimming your fruit trees at the wrong time can reduce the tree's total fruit production, its tolerance for cold weather, and ...

Fruit trees are always a great addition to your garden. As well as looking pretty and making your garden smell great, they also provide quicker and cheaper fruit options than supermarkets and are ...

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 ...

While planting your peach tree in fall has its advantages under the right conditions, be sure to prune it properly and ...

We all enjoy apples, pears, plums, oranges and other fruits that are commonly available in our grocery stores, but there are many other less familiar fruits. This topic was prompted by the upcoming ...

No matter if you are a commercial grower or a backyard tropical fruit enthusiast, if you have a fruit tree, you want fruit. The number one question I receive — I am the commercial tropical fruit agent ...