Following these expert strategies on fruit orchard design, home gardeners will find they can grow fruit they love — and plenty of it — even if their yards are small.

Choosing fruit trees for a permaculture orchard It's important to choose the correct variety of fruit trees for an orchard. For instance, 'Bartlett' pear doesn't grow well because of disease.

I planted a tiny fruit and nut orchard of 18 trees, including two in pots, just over one year ago in our front yard, and those trees have done incredibly well. They seem content and I am very happy ...

If you have a small yard, you don't have to forgo creating a mini orchard. This fruit tree is compact but provides delicious ...

Fruit and nut trees require a given number of hours with temperatures between 45 degrees Fahrenheit and 32 degrees Fahrenheit during their dormant period if they are to bloom normally and produce ...

Most trees with long, flexible branches, such as apple, cherry, fig, peach, pear, plum and quince lend themselves nicely to ...

Unlike a typical organic orchard, which might grow just a few varieties of apples, he’s built up some true diversity: 100 cultivars of fruit trees grow with herbs and vegetables, and are ...

Des Moines leaders, urban farmers and nonprofits are working to create a public orchard stocked with fruit-bearing trees like apple, peach and cherry.

CROOKSVILLE – The bees and silver-spotted skippers zipped around as Neil Cherry walked into a garden of zinnias and tomato ...