What Your Fruit Trees Need After Harvest, and What Should Wait

Once the last fruit is off your trees, start with the simple jobs: pick up rotten fruit, check the soil for moisture, refresh ...
Homes and Gardens on MSN

October is the time to order these fruit trees – for a lifetime of homegrown harvests

Popular varieties of apples, pears, peaches, cherries, and plums are sought-after in bare-root season, so it pays to order ...
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Thinking about pruning your fruit trees this fall? Read this before snipping away

Don’t grab those pruners just yet.
onegreenplanet.org

Growing Apricots: Could You Be Doing It, Too?

While peaches and/or nectarines might be on the mind of most home orchardists, apricots seem to be a beloved fruit that is often overlooked. For one, unlike nectarines and peaches, fresh apricots aren ...
University of Delaware

A homeowner's guide to fruit trees

What you need to know! Many gardeners would like to grow their own apples, pears, peaches, or cherries. However, growing tree fruit is one of the more challenging endeavors for the hobbyist. The major ...
TreeHugger

How to Choose Fruit Trees for Your Garden

Picking a type of fruit to grow is only the first step. When choosing fruit trees for your garden, the type of fruit you select is only one of many things to consider. You might begin by deciding, for ...
Outside

If You’re Not Picking Heritage Fruit, You Should Be

At the end of August I get the call. “The apricots are ready,” my mom says excitedly. I grab a few buckets, jump in my car, and drive the 100 or so miles from my home in Dillon, Colorado, to her place ...

Greenhouse, open-field, or fruit trees—how does your choice of crop change your life after becoming independent?

Last time, we looked at how much money actually remains in the hands of those who have become independent. The median ...