Growing fruit in a backyard or home orchard can be rewarding or can be very frustrating, depending on disease and insect pests that may be present. While it is tempting to plant fruit trees and not ...

It's important to choose the correct variety of fruit trees for an orchard. For instance, 'Bartlett' pear doesn't grow well because of disease. 'Orient,' on the other hand, works great in Georgia.

You don't need to have an orchard to enjoy home-grown fruit. We show you how to get started. The most commonly planted fruit trees are apple trees but you don't always have to follow convention.

Let’s transform your orchard together! Understanding how fruit trees grow, photosynthesize ... but it's a crucial task for any home gardener looking to achieve healthy and bountiful harvests.

Orchards are usually considered large plantings of multiple trees, and many people who'd like to have an orchard think they ...

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Master Gardeners and the Olympic Orchard Society will offer the 2025 Home Orchard Series with lectures and workshops from Jan. 22 to June 7. Master gardeners Tom Del ...

The stone fruit orchard was not only a grove a trees, but a living history of man’s breeding of fruit. Many unique varieties of stone fruit – such as heirloom peaches, plums, cherries ...

Free-standing fruit trees or bush trees, such as those grown in an orchard should be pruned when they're dormant, in winter. Trained trees, such as espaliers, cordons, pyramids and fans should be ...

Funding is available to plant a minimum of five fruit trees on an accessible site Community groups interested in planting a mini orchard have until 27 September to apply for funding. South ...

The orchard is now home to trees from 138 varieties — a “Noah ... But this year, many produced their first fruit, a milestone for a project its collaborators hope will prove useful to ...

Its aim is to plant fruit trees in parks and other public open spaces ... The world literally is our orchard,” he added, echoing the charity’s slogan. As part of the award, two representatives ...