You can harvest luscious peaches, crisp apples and sweet plums right off your own tree. Garden designer and fruit expert Colby Eierman’s Fruit Trees In Small Spaces (Timber Press, 2012) shows how ...

The idea of having a fruit tree in your backyard is appealing for several reasons. Not only can these trees add some character to your outdoor spaces, but you might also be able to pick fruit from ...

We can employ many tricks to grow more fruit in less space. One key strategy that is very useful to understand is growing fruits as cordons in small spaces. Though each cordon fruit tree and fruiting ...

Most gardeners (me included) have purchased and planted numerous fruit trees, in fact way too many to count! Admittedly, many of them did not survive more than a couple of growing seasons due to this ...

CORVALLIS – Espaliered trees bring fruit down to eye level. They allow for easy picking and take advantage of small spaces. But don’t kid yourself into thinking espaliers are any easier than ...

Johnny Appleseed got it right: the common apple tree (Malus domestica) is not native to North America, but it's also not considered invasive. Other fruit trees, however, are not so benign. Introduced ...

Within a few years of lovingly planting fruit trees, most folks find themselves with scraggly overgrown bushes, rather than the Garden of Eden they had envisioned. The key to keeping fruit trees ...

Tree 75 is a nice-looking fruit tree. But in spring, it becomes a thing of wonder when it blooms pink, crimson and white. And at harvest time, the tree grows more than 40 varieties of stone fruit, ...

Growing your own fruits and vegetables has a number of benefits, most notably the delicious, homegrown food that you can enjoy with family, friends, and even neighbors. However, not all edible plants ...