Growing fruit provides so many benefits for the entire family!
One thing I’ve heard gardeners say continually – if they could go back in time and do something differently, they would start fruit trees sooner!
Some fruit plants and trees grow quickly and some takes years to bear fruit. Some are annuals and others come back every year.
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Planting near blackberries helps you to maximize your growing space with other possible benefits. With this in mind, I started looking for some good blackberry companion plants to incorporate near our blackberry bushes. Blackberries tend to need a little space to spread out. They can grow tall and unwieldy if not trained or given proper…
Do you wish you had more grapes growing in your garden? Learning how to propagate grape vines from cuttings can be a fun project but it can also swiftly add many plants to your backyard orchard! I’m always so inspired by nature’s way of, well, finding a way! Plants want to survive and they want…
Growing fruit from fruit scraps like peach pits or lemon seeds is so exciting to me. It’s actually one of my favorite gardening things to do in the off-season. Learn how to grow a peach tree from seed to enjoy this exciting journey. Starting a peach tree from seed is so easy and I’ve had…
Mark your calendar for National Pick Strawberries Day! On this day each year, it’s a great reminder to make some plans to enjoy the strawberry season. Even if you don’t go this exact day, here are some tips for things to do on National strawberry picking day. Whether you grow them yourself or love visiting…
Pruning raspberry bushes each year helps you to maintain healthier plants. For some reason, I’ve always been intimidated about pruning raspberries. I just don’t want to mess it up! Apparently, raspberries are pretty forgiving. In fact, I may actually be messing things up more by *not* pruning! To set my mind at ease and learn…
Ah, delicious, juicy watermelon—without seeds! I’ve always wondered where seedless watermelons come from and how you get seedless watermelon seeds in the first place. Turns out it’s a fairly complicated scientific process for the amateur gardener. Still, I’m super interested so I decided to dig into it a bit. So many questions come to mind…
So much of the fun of gardening is planting seeds to see what grows! We discovered it’s so easy learning how to plant apple seeds, even if you don’t know just what kind of apple tree you’ll get, or if you’ll even get any edible apples! Growing an apple tree from seed is an easy…
For some reason, growing cantaloupe from seed to the point of actually harvesting one feels like a major achievement! Our girls love fruit, so it was a great experience growing cantaloupe from seed in our garden. Also known as rock melon or muskmelon, cantaloupes are known for their sweet orange flesh and fragrance, along with…
Like cantaloupe, honeydew, the green flesh melon, tends to be another favorite fresh fruit to enjoy. Growing honeydew melon from seed may seem out there, but it’s entirely possible and easy to do! Growing up, I never really thought about growing honeydew. My mom always grew cantaloupe and watermelons. But, in a stroke of luck,…
Learn how to save cantaloupe seeds so you can grow delicious orange melons for your family! Saving cantaloupe seeds is quick, easy, and fun for garden-loving kids to lend a hand. You can save cantaloupe seeds from homegrown or store-bought cantaloupes. Once we had the most delicious store-bought cantaloupe – and I typically don’t care…