There are a surprising number of types of fruit trees that can be grown indoors. While often fruit trees conjure up images of orchards or huge specimen trees, there are lots that can be successfully ...

Plants generally need pollinators to produce fruit, so it may come as a surprise to discover that there are a number of fruit trees you can grow indoors. Of course growing outside in the soil under ...

When you think of farming or gardening for food, you think of the great outdoors. If you want to squeeze a fresh orange or lemon in the morning, you’ll need a certain amount of outdoor space for those ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If you’ve been nurturing flowers and vegetables in your garden, you may be ready to move on to growing ...

Orchards aren’t the only places where fruit trees can flourish. A modest yard, or even a patio, can be enough space to cultivate a tiny tree that will be a prodigious producer. Dwarf varieties ...

An apple tree can take up to five years to bear fruit, a pear tree between four and six, and a sweet cherry up to seven. The worst part? This countdown begins after you plant the young trees in your ...

Two Growing STEM stories from agriculture to outer space. Checking in with NASA astronauts and planting new trees at a local ...

When Tom Spellman began lecturing on fruit trees more than two decades ago, his audience skewed primarily older with lots of people in their 60s and 70s. In recent years, that’s started to change.