Pear trees require fertilizer when they are young and when the soil lacks essential nutrients. For young trees, a balanced ...

Fertilizing your trees will go a long way toward increasing fruit size and yield. There is nothing quite like the joy of picking fresh fruit from your own fruit tree. To achieve a steady and plentiful ...

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Fruit trees are being planted in Contra Costa County though a nonprofit group that encourages growing crops on nontraditional farms and providing food to the needy. The Urban Farmers, a 2-year-old ...

To discover the new frontier of urban farming, you'll have to look up — and look sharp — for hanging fruit. Fruit trees produce food, but also provide shade, keep greenhouse gases out of the ...

LORAIN, Ohio – The South Lorain Branch of the Lorain Public Library System is expanding its urban farm this fall, thanks to a new micro-grant aimed at empowering youth to tackle climate change. As ...

OSU extension espaliered fruit trees Marc, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.jpg Espaliered fruit trees, usually apples, can be trained in a variety of designs, but are typically supported along straight, horizontal ...

A fruit tree can thrive or die based on where, how and when it is planted, as well as how often it is watered. Knowing how to care for a fruit tree can make all the difference in how much it will ...

WINONA, Minn. — The various types of berries Blue Fruit Farm offers are so unique, owners Jim Riddle and Joyce Ford have turned the tables, teaching local extension about growing them. "There's just ...

The apple trees were delivered just after I’d left for the weekend. From afar, I fretted over them like a mother hen. Would they get too hot? Would their roots dry out? Would the promise of heavy ...