April is the time to thin it. Peaches and nectarines should be thinned so that fruit is 5-7 inches apart on the branch. Plums ...

Lemon trees need pruning to shape, improve airflow, and boost fruit production. Here's when you should do it and how to get ...

Growing your own herbs is easy and great for small gardens. An herb garden is one of my most requested garden segment and in ...

This container plant provides beauty and fruit.

Head to your nearest Costco to pick up a few citrus plants to turn your backyard into a fruit-filled oasis that’ll ensure you ...

Hot buttered biscuits and homemade fig preserves. Need I say more? Figs are one of the most widely planted home fruit trees in Louisiana. They thrive with little effort and produce crops of juicy, ...

You picked up a lemon tree at the nursery and brought it home to put in your sunroom. Now you can't wait to make batches of homemade lemon bars, pitchers of fresh ...

I wouldn’t necessarily call myself an optimist, but I do tend to garden with rose-tinted glasses in the summer. Let’s just say there’s a marked difference between the plans I make in the middle of a ...

Growing a lemon tree (or any citrus tree, for that matter) from seed is easy. However, because lemon trees are hybrids and most of them are grafted, their seeds produce seedlings that are not ...

Young Adult literature has an interesting reputation. Sometimes, readers assume that because a book is shelved in the YA section, it should be full of light, easy-to-digest themes and stories only. If ...

Q: I planted a persimmon about a year ago. I’ve watered it every day. It isn’t dying, but it’s also not growing. The roots are all coiled around. How can I remedy things so it will start to grow? A: ...