Beginner vegetable gardeners love this low-cost hack.

This old, indeterminate Crimean heirloom, introduced to North American home gardeners in 1990, is slightly easier on the eyes ...

Join our Northern Illinois Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop with Alexis R. Barnes, Local Food Systems and Small Farms Educator, to learn how — and when — to properly prune apple, pear, peach, and cherry ...

Winter is the prime season for planting and pruning fruit trees, and a little thoughtful work now pays off in healthier trees and better fruit later. When pruning mature trees, the goals are simple: ...

Dreaming of harvesting peaches, plums, apples or figs from your own backyard? Growing delicious homegrown fruit starts with planting your tree correctly — and at the right time of year. Hartmann ...

If you haven’t embraced container gardening, you should. Even if your yard is limited to a small patio or your winters don’t suit outdoor growing, don’t write off growing fruit trees in the small ...

There are several advantages to planting bare-root trees: they are usually less expensive, easier for gardeners to transport, and they will grow their roots entirely into native soil (rather than ...

Pruning is essential if you want to keep your fruit trees healthy. Doing this will stimulate healthy growth, and over time, help the tree develop stronger branches. With most apple trees, November is ...

If you look forward to harvesting fruit from your own apple trees to make jams, pies, and jars of apple butter, the first step is ensuring you have healthy trees. Set your apple trees up for a ...