A Simple Guide to Fruit Tree Companion Plants
We know basil and tomatoes taste great together, and they grow well together in the garden. We know corn, beans, and squash are great garden companions. But vegetables and herbs …
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5 Things to Plant in April
Since you can still get some frost in April, always make sure whatever you’re planting is frost-tolerant, or simply wait until the end of the month. In terms of coming …
The 10 Most Beautiful Flowering Fruit Trees
Fruit trees are the high-school overachiever of the garden. They’re the “4.0 GPA, flawless skin, all AP classes, volunteers at a nursing home” type. Flowering fruit trees are the darling …
5 Fast-Growing Fruit Trees for a Beginner’s Backyard Orchard
Fresh fruit, plucked from a tree, is magical. Picking that sun-ripened, juicy peach right off the branch and biting into the soft, fuzzy fruit is the essence of a hot …
Winter Dreams of Spring
This is the time of year that always starts to drag for me. The holidays have come and gone. The New Year is upon us. The falling snow has lost …
Planning a Backyard Orchard You Can Harvest Year-Round
Whether spring or fall, both are great times to start your backyard orchard! If you've been following along for some time, you know that when we bought our house, it …
A Quick & Dirty Fruit Tree Cloning Guide
Unleashing the magic of fruit tree cloning—a time-honored horticulture practice
In the realm of cloning, many of us might conjure images of Dolly the sheep or science fiction scenarios like the …
How to Handle Cedar-Apple Rust and Save Your Harvest
It's a beautiful, early-fall day. You got ambitious a couple of years ago, and you now have three gorgeous apple trees around your garden. As you get closer, though, you …
7 Tips for Cloning Fruit Trees to Expand Your Orchard for Free
When I hear the word “clone” I either think of Dolly the sheep or binge-watching Battlestar Gallactica. But cloning fruit trees is neither of those things and it shouldn’t be …
How to Dehydrate Apples in the Oven
Fresh apples are divine but what if you can't eat them fast enough? At room temperature, fresh apples will last about a week. Then they start to get bruised and …
