Happy New Year! My New Year’s wish is for nice, slow, soaking rainfalls to help our new plants establish and our established plants thrive. What’s your garden wish for 2025? Bare root fruit trees, ...

If you are thinking of planting deciduous fruit trees, now is the time to plan for this project. In the coming weeks, bare-root deciduous fruit trees will be arriving in nurseries. Unfortunately, in ...

We typically think of spring as prime planting season, but when it comes to deciduous fruit trees, it pays to get an earlier start. Starting in mid-winter, mail order nurseries start shipping “bare ...

The ideal planting type depends on whether the tree is bare-root or container-grown, and other factors. Deciding when to plant a fruit tree depends on several factors. The ideal planting time for bare ...

Q: When can we plant fruit trees? And what varieties do well in our desert climate? A: February is a great time to plant bare-root deciduous fruit trees before they leaf out. You may plant potted ...

Question: I’d like to grow my own fruit trees, but I’m short on space. Can I grow fruit trees in containers? Answer: We’re happy to say yes, you can. One of the great pleasures in life is picking ...

Since we are only in February, I’m sure winter is not over yet, but a week of temperatures in the 80s seems unusual even for a Florida winter. Because of these warm temperatures, there is a chance ...

We are fortunate to be able to grow many different types of plants here in Tucson. We have a nearly tropical climate, but we do get some freezes in the winter. This allows us to grow a wide range of ...

Happy New Year! Let’s all spend more time digging in the dirt this year. It’s good for our immune systems, for our mental health and good for the planet, too. Clean up and dispose (don’t compost) of ...

Varieties of hazelnuts, which are also known as cobnuts and filberts, should be regularly pruned in dormancy to promote wood ...