Fruit trees can yield abundance for your home, if propagated correctly. Instead of using seeds, consider these four methods ...

Propagating fruit trees lets you grow more delicious fruit at home, but each method needs the right timing and care. Different trees and techniques—like cuttings, grafting, budding, and air ...

The new “The Home Orchard” covers more crops and site selection, variety choice, pruning, grafting, irrigation and integrated ...

We'd all love an orchard with unlimited fruit trees, a cornucopia of variety that goes on for acres. But a massive fruit orchard isn't in the cards for many home gardeners. Most of us are lucky if we ...

These books can be borrowed from your local public library or purchased through the University of California Agriculture and ...

More than 30 apple trees persist on The Purchase at the national park. They're more than 125 years old, and their DNA is ...

Technically, the coconut is not a true nut. Although kukui nut is edible, it can create serious stomach issues when too many ...

Knowing it can take an apple tree anywhere from two to 10 years to bear fruit, the owners of Tuttle Orchards started years ...

Some 2,000 oranges are picked Friday in annual harvest from the surviving tree that launched the citrus boom. Columnist David ...

The most recent county crop report said the wine grape value was down 40% as the industry faces oversupply, changing consumer habits, tariffs and a loss of workers.

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Plus, a California native that can make do with little, if any, summer water and tolerate light shade and imperfect soil ...