Aug. 31—There's a cornucopia in Orlando Romero's Nambé backyard, and the feast has reached all the way to Santa Fe. To reap the rewards of an overzealous apricot tree, Romero invited eight ...

Imagine growing your own backyard fruit orchard, but without having to do much in the way of pest control, weed management, or fertilizing because the carefully selected companion plants support and ...

Pruning dormant trees means a healthy crop next year. Growing fruit trees in the backyard can mean delicious homemade jams, fruit cobblers, fresh-squeezed juice, and home-grown goodness to add to any ...

Enjoy a harvest earlier in the season by getting these veggies started indoors at the right time.

The harvest of peaches, plums and nectarines is in full swing. Once these nectarines ripen, it's time to rapidly get them picked and packed for distribution. In just a few days these sweet fruits will ...

Scientists have shown for the first time the widespread harm caused in Peru by cutting down the palm tree Mauritia flexuosa in order to harvest its fruit. The scientists examined where and why the ...

Luke Jesperson stands on a ladder in a backyard in Seattle’s Greenwood neighborhood, using a picking tool to pluck green apples from a tall tree. But it’s not his tree or his backyard. Jesperson is ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Cousins Tanisha Tucker Lohse and Maria Francisco set off from their desert camp around dawn on most early summer days, in search of ripe fruit from the towering saguaro cactus, an ...