Most gardeners wait until spring to plant fruit trees, but these varieties actually thrive when planted now and reward you ...

In the home landscape, fruit trees probably provide the biggest spectacle; beautiful, fragrant spring blossoms followed by an abundance of summer and fall fruit. I have often asked, why is it we do ...

It can be rewarding to enjoy the fruits from a tree on your property, but it doesn’t come without work and knowledge. Fruit trees do need some maintenance in the home landscape, but with the right ...

You can harvest luscious peaches, crisp apples and sweet plums right off your own tree. Garden designer and fruit expert Colby Eierman’s Fruit Trees In Small Spaces (Timber Press, 2012) shows how ...

Growing your own edible landscape can be easy and fun! It’s not just a healthy way to save money, with the proper trees and plants you also can turn your landscape into one that rewards you and your ...

Are you looking for a small- to medium-sized evergreen landscape tree that is easy to care for, produces fragrant, delicate, white flowers and also makes delicious fruit? Then the loquat is the tree ...

Being able to harvest food from the home landscape has always been popular, whether growing vegetables, herbs, fruit or all three. Growing your own food always seems to get more attention during ...

Fruit trees.This is the best time of year If you choose to benefit from the advantages of fall planting, please ma ...

You’d be surprised how long some trees last…if properly maintained…and how soon the trees will start to produce.

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...