Invasive plants, including edible fruit trees, are a problem for home gardeners and the entire ecosystem. Here's how to ...

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 ...

Fresh fruit is a great source of nutrients, fiber, vitamins, antioxidants, and flavor. Eating it can lead to better health. However, it can take 7 to 10 years after planting fruit trees to get to a ...

That orange or mango tree in your backyard is lonely. Find an exotic companion for it Saturday at the Tropical Fruit Tree & Edible Plant Sale in West Palm Beach. The biannual sale, from 9 a.m. to 2 ...

SAN YSIDROSAN YSIDRO — About 100 second graders at Smythe Elementary spent the morning of Dec. 2 planting several varieties of fruit trees at their school, an exercise that educators hope will help ...

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