Growing your own fruits and vegetables has a number of benefits, most notably the delicious, homegrown food that you can ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Back garden with fruit tress and fencing. Fresh fruit is a great source of nutrients, fiber, vitamins, antioxidants, and flavor.

What are columnar apples? In the 1960s, a McIntosh apple tree was found expressing a natural gene mutation causing it to grow in a columnar form -- with many fruiting spurs along the main trunk. This ...

As you stroll the aisles of your local nursery this time of year, you might find yourself getting hungry as you pass a portable orchard of apple, pear, plum, cherry and fig trees. As winter morphs ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...