Farming Chart

THERE’S A common frustration for the home gardener: plum trees that don’t bear, yet appear quite healthy anyway. Most times the problem isn’t soil or … Read more

It may be the perfect pear tree on paper; and yet all you have come harvest time is a tree full of leaves. That’s because … Read more

You want A TREE that tastes good, but doesn’t come down with various diseases that apples is prone to. So you plant a Liberty apple … Read more

The Kieffer pear produces fruit in many climates, from zone four winters through zone nine summers. It is winter-hardy and resistant to disease. “What’s there … Read more

Fruit trees is treated as loners by most home gardeners, as if they’ll be happy as long as you give them some sun and water. … Read more

In fall you plant winterberry hollies because you expect them to bear their berries all through winter. You dream of the picture: white snow against … Read more

You might buy an avocado tree, wait, and sometimes never get any fruit on it, only bare branches in springtime. Chances are it’s not your … Read more

Cherry trees is hard to pollinate, which is bad news for most backyard gardeners. You plant a tree and hope for blossoms, only to have … Read more

Garden seed packets are your friends. If you focus too much on the illustrations of fruit on them, you might skip over that all-important info … Read more

Planting a chestnut tree; waiting 3 years for fruit, and dropping your green burrs before they ever go brown. The soil was right; the sun … Read more

When spring flowers fade and there’s no fruit, don’t blame bad soil (or even pests). For example, no harvest will happen if you grow just … Read more