Growing fruit trees in the backyard can mean delicious homemade jams, fruit cobblers, fresh-squeezed juice, and home-grown goodness to add to any meal. Enjoying the fruit is the easy part. Keeping ...

This video gives a complete demonstration on how I plant a fruit tree in my backyard with woodchip for mulch around the base as well as other useful tips during the explanations. 'Crisis is ...

Multiple methods for propagating fruit trees? Why not just plant seeds? The reason is that the seeds of any fruit will produce fruiting trees, but the fruit is unlikely to be true-to-type to the ...

When planting a fruit tree, most gardeners think of purchasing an Anna apple, August Pride peach, Mission fig or Santa Rosa plum. An overlooked fruit tree is the Fuyu persimmon. Its orange fruit ...

WENATCHEE — After spending much of the previous day discussing the negative effects of too much supply on tree fruit prices, Tuesday’s meetings of the Washington State Tree Fruit Association mostly ...

WENATCHEE – It's not often that hundreds of Washington’s orchard owners, farm managers and fruit industry leaders spend much of their annual conference discussing how to grow and harvest fewer crops.

HOOD RIVER, Ore. — A panel of tree fruit growers told the Oregon Board of Agriculture during its Dec. 3 meeting that they struggled because of overburdensome regulations, high labor costs and low ...

Growing tree fruit or nuts? “The Home Orchard,” a new edition of the definitive guide to growing deciduous fruit and nut trees at home, is now available for gardeners, hobbyists and fruit and nut ...

Four Oregon tree fruit farmers spent between $250 to $700 per acre each year to comply with federal, state and local regulations, according to a new study. The project, conducted by Oregon State ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The quandong’s fruit appear intensely blue, but without ...

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These traveling seeds have specific features and structures that are an aid when taking advantage of the free rides. The plants usually produce an abundant supply of seeds, which are eaten by a host ...