No space for an apple orchard? No problem! Hardy, rust-resistant and virus-free, these super-slim deciduous apple trees can be grown in containers, as hedges or accent plants in tight corners of the ...

Many of the most popular fruit trees, including apples, pears, cherries, and apricots, can all be successfully grown in pots with little fuss. Most types of fruit trees now come in dwarfing varieties ...

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 ...

Rows of trees for sale in a nursery - Yinyang/Getty Images Patience is a virtue, right? But when you're a gardener waiting for the tree you lovingly picked out and planted to produce fruit, your ...

Growing your own fruits and vegetables has a number of benefits, most notably the delicious, homegrown meals that you can enjoy with family, friends, and even neighbors. However, not all edible plants ...

URBANA, Ill. – Apple trees have been a common landscape feature throughout human history. As humans become more urban-dwelling, apple trees are finding new homes in cosmopolitan landscapes far from ...

As you stroll the aisles of your local nursery this time of year, you might find yourself getting hungry as you pass a portable orchard of apple, pear, plum, cherry and fig trees. As winter morphs ...

These last weeks of September and early October comprise prime fruit tree planting time. The ground is warm still, rain is rife, and disturbed roots have all winter to dig in slowly and make ...

It used to be that most every Iowa backyard had a big, spreading apple tree. It produced many bushels of apples that were lovingly turned into endless pies, crisps, canned applesauce and dried apples.

I would like to grow some of my own fruit, but my backyard is only 15 feet by 40 feet. What would you recommend that I grow? You have plenty of room to grow a lot of fruit if at least part of your ...