Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apples and persimmons in basket on table - Milena Sobolieva/Shutterstock Though it may seem like a daunting task, there are plenty ...

The cottonwoods in Upper Ranchitos were ringing with the calls of red-winged blackbirds and evening grosbeak as I pulled onto a dirt road crossing the Rio Pueblo this past Saturday ...

The warm weather we've experienced in Greater Columbus this past week has many a gardener itching to get outside and plant something. This past week I saw the first fruit trees available for purchase ...

The original Bramley apple tree is “hanging in the balance” after the property outside which it grows was put up for sale.

CORVALLIS — From newly minted gardeners to avid urban farmers, everyone with a patch of land wants to grow an apple tree. Other fruits — pears, cherries, figs, plums — are desirable, too, but there’s ...

On Verona Island, at the end of a dirt road, a couple dozen wizened apple trees stand sentry in a grassy field sloping down to the river. To the untrained eye, it's a bunch of old trees. To apple ...

Sarah Lott Zost’s great-grandfather planted his first apple tree in 1927 in Gardners, Pennsylvania. Nearly a century later, the fourth-generation farmer is facing a never-seen-before challenge in ...

So you have spent years caring for your apple tree. You planted it, you've trained it, pruned and sprayed, taking care of it for years and finally it's become old enough to produce its first apple ...

We take a look at the Crab Apple Tree, one of Ireland's oldest native sacred trees. Editor's note: Below is an extract from the Moon Mná Diary-Journal. As the ‘Tree of Immortality', the native Crab ...

At the very back of the garden stood an old apple tree. It was different from other fruit trees. The guava tree was neat and sensible. The pear was happy all the time. The hibiscus bush minded its own ...

Though it may seem like a daunting task, there are plenty of fruit trees that even a beginner gardener can grow in their yard. Beyond free food, planting a fruit tree in your yard helps to reduce your ...