Nothing beats baking fresh fruit tarts from a tree you cultivated in your backyard orchard. But what if you live in a chilly location? Will the harsh weather mean poor growth and pitiful harvests?

Late spring, around May, is usually the best planting time for fruit trees. Dig a hole twice as deep as the roots on your ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Nicolas Martinez, chairman of the California Rare Fruit Growers, Inland Empire Chapter, will present a program on subtropical trees and fruit trees that are adaptable to the Inland Empire, when the ...