Linda Blue shares helpful tips on planting and enjoying your very own backyard orchard. Linda Blue shares valuable tips on planting and enjoying your very own backyard orchard. Linda also gives some ...

It’s called backyard orchard culture, a planting strategy that maximizes the length of the fruit season by planting two to four fruit varieties with different ripening times in one hole while ...

Growing luscious fruit in your own backyard is possible, but it will take a little work, especially in the first couple of years, expert arborists say. "I would plant them, without a doubt," says ...

Much of Southern California’s landscape once was covered with citrus trees filled with juicy yellow, green and orange jewels (remember, it’s called Orange County for a reason). While concrete replaced ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. As you might recall from the Thursday post on my Master Gardener class, ...

The Backyard Orchards in southern Russell County is having a good year. The strawberry crop was solid until the heat wave rolled in a few weeks ago. The blueberries have been plentiful. And the ...

I love to plant trees. I feel like I am creating the future that will one day be a reflection of the past. My wife, Joyce, and I have planted all but a handful of the 120 or so trees on our 2.5-acre ...

Q: I’d like to have a small backyard orchard. Could I grow fruit trees from seed and then graft the better varieties onto them to save myself some money? A: Unless you’re already proficient at budding ...

Chas D'Ovidio is mindful of his roots -- all of them. He watches over his vegetables, berry plants, figs and grapes with the tenderness of a father and the enthusiasm of a sports fan. But when he's ...

Do you have some extra room in your back yard? What about in the front yard? If you like fresh fruit, nuts, shade and birds, a home orchard may be for you. Environmental and Conservation Organization ...