Bare-root trees need to be planted quickly to keep their exposed roots from drying out. Here's the best time to plant so ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Hair tied up, dressed in flip flops and a loose-fitting shirt, Adam Shafran carefully examined the branches of a 20-foot tall tree growing close to the side of his Seminole County home ...

In blending various flavors to make fruit spreads, Mt. Hope Farms knows there’s a fine line between a recipe for success and a recipe for disaster. For example, the company treads carefully in mixing ...

PATASKALA, Ohio — A beloved apple orchard in Licking County is enacting new measures after the owner said more people attempted to steal hundreds of dollars’ worth of apples this month. Each fall, ...

The family behind a historic East Yorkshire farm are inviting the public to join them in an ancient ritual that hopes to ...

BONNERS FERRY, Idaho — This wholesale tree nursery is on an old homestead near Bonners Ferry in northern Idaho and was an apple orchard in the 1920s. It has good water, deep glacial soils, and ...

Freeze-dried desserts, lychee ice cream, sorbets, and frozen juice are keeping family owned farms open to the public longer, ...

Every spring, San Joaquin Valley residents and out-of-towners drive through the east side of Fresno County to enjoy the delicate pink and white blossoms that appear on thousands of peach, plum, ...

Meadowlark Farm’s “Pick Here” sign is seen at the farm’s strawberry patch May 14, 2025. Strawberry season usually begins in mid-May and ends early June, depending on the weather. Lindsay Smith There ...

Last Friday evening, as he put the finishing touches on hundreds of pluot puff pastry tarts and strawberry turnovers with brie and thyme, along with giant sheets of peach focaccia, Jason Cosentino ...

Seminarians learn how to prune young apple trees at an orchard in Prosser, Wash., from a migrant worker May 29, their first day in a summer migrant ministry program. (CNS photo/Chaz Muth) “I learn a ...