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 ...

Fruit trees may not produce fruit due to improper tree vigor, often caused by over-fertilization or excessive pruning. Frost damage can prevent fruit set, even if flowers open; choose later-blooming ...

Caring for fruit-bearing trees comes down to a few simple tips.

You don’t need a sprawling orchard or years of gardening experience to grow certain types of fruit trees. Many of the most ...

If you're interested in growing your own fruit trees but live in a colder climate, you still have options. Consider this ...

Growing your own fruit is an excellent way to diversify a home garden. Determining which species to grow based on your climate may feel limiting. However, if you are living in subtropical regions or ...

In the home landscape, fruit trees probably provide the biggest spectacle; beautiful, fragrant spring blossoms followed by an abundance of summer and fall fruit. I have often asked, why is it we do ...

I interrupt today’s cocktail hour to talk about…cocktails. After naming, renaming, classifying plants, and pondering the meaning of life, our friends at Botanists ‘R Us, probably needed a good stiff ...

Everyone loves summer for any number of different reasons. One very sweet reason is all the summer fruits that become available, such as plums, peaches, cherries and nectarines. Even though Southern ...