A 15th-century manuscript shows trees bearing (clockwise from top left): sweet apples, jujubes, lemons, cherries, dates, and sour apples. By 7,000 years ago, people in New Guinea were cultivating ...

Mix permanent herb plants like bay, rosemary, oregano, thyme, marjoram and sage with waterwise ornamental plants, in full sun beds. To harvest greens like lettuce, kale, spinach, bok choy and tatsoi, ...

“Honestly, we wanted to create something so that everybody could have a proper home away from home when you visit us,” Irwin said Robert Irwin is taking on a new "passion project" on the heels of his ...

Long before watermelon became a refreshing summer treat, reliefs adorning the walls of ancient Egyptian tombs suggest the fruit was a coveted delicacy. However, exactly when the species of watermelon ...

Autumn is the ideal season to care for your fruit trees. Here are three species you should prune right now to keep them healthy and ensure a generous harvest next year. Which trees are they, and why ...

Q: I moved into a new house that has a grapevine. I’ve never had a grapevine before. Should I prune the vine? What could I use the leaves for? A: You do not have to prune your grapevine, but annual ...

Pruning is essential if you want to keep your fruit trees healthy. Doing this will stimulate healthy growth, and over time, help the tree develop stronger branches. With most apple trees, November is ...

LET’S REVIEW A perfect and a little-known method which is totally appropriate now in the month of October. I have numerous times explained, and rightly so, how pruning at the wrong time of year can ...

In this video, I show how to grow passion fruit from seeds and grow them into dozens of seedlings using the crush and sow method. We then plant the passionfruit out along a trellis to grow into ...

Ben and I were watching a movie and an actor’s line stuck out to me, “Life is messy like coloring outside the lines.” Our granddaughter enjoys coloring pictures and giving them to me. She knows I’ll ...

Person using long-handled yellow pruners on tree without leaves. - adriaticfoto/Shutterstock Meyer lemons (Citrus x limon 'Meyer') are natives to China that were ...