I was at a pool this week getting my exercise and looking forward to Friday the 13th. This is my three-month anniversary visit with my surgeon about my hip replacement surgery. Hopefully my ...

The sweetest and juiciest peach you’ll ever taste can be picked from your own tree. When harvested at the peak of ripeness, homegrown peaches are loaded with the sweet gifts of nature with no concern ...

Q. My peach trees struggled this year. The fruit set was very sparse, and the fruit that did make was inedible due to disease and bug holes. Can you provide some tips to hopefully prevent a repeat of ...

The next time you enjoy a juicy peach, be sure to save the pit for planting. Peaches are a classic summer treat, offering sweet and juicy bites from the first taste to the pit. To enjoy these ...

You're actually a bit late in the year to be fertilizing your fruit trees. I don't like to fertilize woody plants after the first of August, in general. The best time to fertilize these plants is in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images Planting a peach tree in your yard puts fresh, ripe peaches within reach. Among fruit trees, peaches (as well as ...

Q: I would like to know when and how and what type of fertilizer I should use for plum, apricot, peach and fig trees. My trees are 2 to 3 years old. A: Once established, fruit trees need to be ...

Growing your own fruit is one of the most rewarding things you can do as a gardener, but it isn't always a successful venture. Take peach trees, for example, which require very particular maintenance ...

Growing a peach tree from seed (which is located inside the pit) is a long-term project. "It may take several years before the tree produces fruit, and the resulting peaches may not be identical to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Growing a peach tree from a pit lets you enjoy the fun of raising a tree, even though it won’t match the parent fruit. Starting ...