Fruit Gardens
When you're looking for freshness, succulence and sweetness in fruit, homegrown comes out on top. Even if there are a few blemishes and bugs to cope with, there's no describing the difference in taste between a fruit ... [... more]
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Fresh Berries
The biggest limiting factor on where blueberries can be grown is soil pH. They want it acid--4.0 to 5.5, to be exact. If you can grow azaleas, rhododendrons or camellias, you probably won't have too much trouble with ... [... more]
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Growing Blueberries
One of the biggest nutritional powerhouses that you can eat comes in a very small package. Blueberries are packed with more cancer-fighting, anti-aging, eyesight-saving and disease-fighting antioxidants than even ... [... more]
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Growing Apples
Figure C Keep the base of the tree clean of debris and grass. Merritt suggests the dormant season for this job, and while you're at it, just snip off siphoning suckers. "These are root suckers that come up from the ... [... more]
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Winter Berries
Winter berries don't always have to be red. Texas privet, or Ligustrum texanum, makes wonderful screening, growing to about 35 to 40 feet tall, depending on conditions. Abundant blue berries resemble clusters of ... [... more]
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Easy Apples--Almost!
So, about the bugs--good cultural practices provide a little protection against pest attacks:Give the tree the best possible location, and it will be better able to withstand stress and pest attacks. Sun and well ... [... more]
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Hot Compost
A: If you add grass clippings or weeds to your compost pile, chances are you'll wind up with a few weed seeds in the pile. The only way to kill them is to get the pile cooking so it reaches an internal temperature ... [... more]
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Grow Your Own Citrus Tree
You don't have to live in Florida or California to grow delicious oranges and grapefruit. All you need is a sunny spot, a large container, potting soil, a little fertilizer and--oh, one more thing--a dwarf citrus ... [... more]
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Gardening Q & A
A: Since preparation of the soil is similar for both, it probably doesn't matter which method you choose. However, since most sod farms use a high percentage of sun-loving Kentucky bluegrass in their sod, you might ... [... more]
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Apple Tree
The best way to keep an apple tree (or any fruit tree) healthy is to practice good tree hygiene around the trunk and out to the drip line (the point to which the branches extend). Use a sturdy steel-toothed rake to ... [... more]
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Subtropical Fruits
Depending on where you live, there are steps you can take to protect the heat-loving subtropicals from their mortal enemy, cold weather. Take for instance this jackfruit (figure A) growing on a hilltop in San Diego ... [... more]
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Very Merry Berries
For a holly that both you and the birds will appreciate a little earlier in the year, plant longstalk holly (Ilex pedunculosa). This tall (20 to 30 feet) evergreen holly presents its red berries on one- to two-inch ... [... more]
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