Growing your own fruit not only gives you a tasty harvest, but it beautifies your property. And nothing will turn your backyard into a luscious oasis like an orchard of dwarf fruit trees. You don't ...
If you think you don't have space to grow a fruit tree it's time to think again. Now you can get a great choice of easy and reliable small and dwarf varieties of fruit trees in bare root form that ...
If you want to plant fruit trees to enjoy the joys of homegrown harvests, the fall is a perfect time to do so. The ground ...
Q: I watched your pruning videos on YouTube and learned a lot. Is it possible to reduce the size of a standard-sized apple tree to a dwarf size this way? A: Probably not. Standard-sized apple trees ...
MILTON—Darcie Haakinson surveyed the bowed branches of her 3-year-old dwarf honeycrisp apple trees as the sun cut through late-morning rain clouds at Hawk's Orchard in rural Milton. The perennial ...
Many apples sold in this area come from Washington, but northwest Oregon is also a suitable environment for growing apple trees. The best time to plant most fruit trees, including apple trees, is late ...
Q: Five years ago, I planted a Honeycrisp apple tree. The tag said it needed a partner for pollinating, but since my neighbor has a Haralson apple, I didn’t plant a second tree. The tree is beautiful ...
It used to be that most every Iowa backyard had a big, spreading apple tree. It produced many bushels of apples that were lovingly turned into endless pies, crisps, canned applesauce and dried apples.
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Q. Do you have a suggestion of a good/easy to grow fruit trees in the Indianapolis area? Any tips on the “how to” will be appreciated. – N.D. A. A dwarf, scab- resistant apple cultivar would likely be ...
Editor’s note: Throughout the growing season, Mike Hogan, OSU Extension educator for Agriculture and Natural Resources in Franklin County, will answer gardening and home landscape questions submitted ...