Plucking homegrown fruit from your backyard is one of the summer joys many of us gardeners look forward to. By the time July comes around, our peach trees are producing delicious, juicy fruits, so ...

You're actually a bit late in the year to be fertilizing your fruit trees. I don't like to fertilize woody plants after the first of August, in general. The best time to fertilize these plants is in ...

I was at a pool this week getting my exercise and looking forward to Friday the 13th. This is my three-month anniversary visit with my surgeon about my hip replacement surgery. Hopefully my ...

Whether you’re growing a lone fruit tree or you have a small backyard orchard, harvest time is a happy time when a big yield is coming your way. If the size and quantity of your bounty isn’t as great ...

Question: Our peach tree is starting to bloom, and usually sets fruits, but only a few if any are ever edible due to insects and rot. What should we do to get good fruits? Answer: One blessing of a ...