Apple season in the U.S. is well underway. Depending on the variety, apple season runs from July to November, according to Pick Your Own, an organization focused on pick-your-own farms As Americans ...

Today's apples don't grow on towering trees, could have been picked in 2023, and taste way different than they used to. And that's just the beginning of the surprising modern reality of a ...

Though it may seem like a daunting task, there are plenty of fruit trees that even a beginner gardener can grow in their yard. Beyond free food, planting a fruit tree in your yard helps to reduce your ...

With the right variety, you can cultivate perfect harvests from home.

Growing up in Swain County, North Carolina, Nathan Dee Greene ate a lot of apples. The family had several trees of their own, but every fall, they bought bushels from the nearby orchard on Laurel ...

Have you heard of Egyptian apple pie? It’s the type mummy used to make. Apples are the most common homegrown fruit in Northern regions. Most apple tree owners know they’re supposed to prune their ...

Have you heard of Egyptian apple pie? It’s the kind mummy used to make. Delicious desserts made from homegrown apples are autumn’s finest treats. Unfortunately, our apple trees don’t always grow the ...

If you plant a seed from a Gala apple, the chances are one in a hundred (or less) that the fruit produced from the tree that grows will be sweet. As Henry David Thoreau remarked, such seedling-grown ...

Q. I generally leave a lot of the garden/ yard work to my hubby; however, I’ve become concerned – as is he – about the health of our Asian Pear tree. The branches have become all black as have most ...