10 Winter Berries That Bring Birds Flocking to Your Yard

Winter strips the garden bare, and that quiet emptiness can make it hard to imagine birds having much reason to visit. Yet ...
The San Bernardino Sun

What happens when fruit trees don’t produce fruit

Five things to do in the garden this week: Fruit. I had cut back my plumcot twice this year, which never produced fruit due to our warm winter, and just did it again. Given a typical dose of winter ...
Southern Living

6 Fruit Trees To Plant This Fall For Years Of Homegrown Harvests

Fall is a great time for planting. Temperatures are more mild, so it’s not as stressful on the new plant (or you!), and rainfall generally is more plentiful. If you have always wanted to grow your own ...
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Edible chocolate cups topped with fruit jelly domes

These edible cup-shaped desserts combine smooth white chocolate shells with bright geometric color panels and rounded handles. Each cup is finished with a clear jelly dome holding pieces of kiwi, ...
Mongabay

Scientists clone Southern Africa’s wild fruit trees as forests disappear

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Researchers at gene banks scattered across Southern Africa have spent decades collecting and duplicating specimens of valuable wild fruit trees.
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Karonda can turn your garden into a fruit paradise

Karonda can occupy the space between a hedge and a fruit tree. Its dense growth makes it useful as a garden boundary, while its berries provide an additional attraction. The plant is also known for ...
Southern Living

7 Fruit Trees That Thrive Indoors And Reward You With Homegrown Harvests

Karen is a writer and editor with more than 25 years of print and digital media experience working in newspapers, educational publishing, marketing, nonprofits, and magazines. If you want to bring a ...
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Have you tried pawpaws yet? Here’s where you can forage — or buy — D.C.’s ‘tropical’ fruit

A month ago, if you’d asked me what a pawpaw was, I would have said it’s a Southern nickname for grandfathers. Or that it had something to do with an animated children’s series about heroic puppies. I ...
Mongabay

Growing Indigenous food trees in East Africa fights malnutrition and biodiversity loss

If you liked this story, share it with other people. In East Africa, many communities are experiencing both malnutrition and a loss of biodiversity due to deforestation. Despite this, tree-planting ...
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11 Backyard Plants That Cardinals and Finches Secretly Love

Read all the way to the end – we save the one detail most people never think about for last. Most bird lovers assume a well-stocked feeder is all it takes. Fill it with sunflower seeds, hang it in a ...
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A slice of history: California nursery specializes in heirloom fruit trees

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Even 250 years after the American colonists founded our United States, today’s generations can still enjoy the fruit of trees our forefathers once enjoyed ...