It is truly AMAZING how much fruit diminutive (a.k.a. dwarf, tiny) trees can produce in a small amount of space. This is great news for urban and suburban farmers, even if you are farming in pots on a ...

OSU extension espaliered fruit trees Marc, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.jpg Espaliered fruit trees, usually apples, can be trained in a variety of designs, but are typically supported along straight, horizontal ...

What’s the most environmentally friendly way to grow an apple? For most people, organic farming sounds like the ideal. But biologist and educator Stefan Sobkowiak thinks a better answer is ...

Amid the sunshine and fruit trees on his 10,000-acre ranch near Arvin, Calif., Joseph Di Giorgio, 71, imperiously watched workmen pour concrete for what will be the world’s largest winery. Like many a ...

SNOHOMISH — Raising Cane Ranch doesn’t look like a typical farm. You won’t find neatly tilled rows or evenly spread sprouts on Nick Pate’s 40 acres. Instead, his crops mimic a natural ecosystem — with ...

Forests offer farmers a specialized area for growing all kinds of crops. Mushrooms are excellent in forest farming systems, ...

To discover the new frontier of urban farming, you'll have to look up — and look sharp — for hanging fruit. Fruit trees produce food, but also provide shade, keep greenhouse gases out of the ...

What you need to know! Many gardeners would like to grow their own apples, pears, peaches, or cherries. However, growing tree fruit is one of the more challenging endeavors for the hobbyist. The major ...

Note: We've updated the headline on this post for the sake of clarity. To be clear, it's the apple and pear tree blossoms that get sprayed with antibiotics, not the fruit itself. Apples and especially ...