However, a much larger selection of apple varieties is available as bare-root whips. Home apple growers should grow either dwarf or semi-dwarf trees instead of standard or full-size trees.

The apple crop was extremely variable this year. Some trees produced beautiful crops of apples while others produced a small crop or, in some cases, a crop of very small apples. There were also ...

The first step to quickly transforming your yard into an orchard is selecting trees that fruit between one and five years.

What an amazing growing year this has been. After a very cool and dry spring and early summer, the rains and warmth of August came and nearly all the garden crops have thrived this year, including ...