If you've dreamed of having your own nut trees but thought it was impossible due to your colder climate, there's good news. While many commercially grown nuts, such as almonds, macadamia nuts, ...

The dormant season is the perfect time to plant fruit and nut trees in East Texas. With the cooler temperatures, planting now allows trees to develop strong roots before spring growth begins. If ...

We have all watched fruit trees grow and change through the seasons. Fruit and nut trees grow most rapidly in the spring and summer months. As summer progresses, the growth rate slows until it all but ...

Dreaming of harvesting peaches, plums, apples or figs from your own backyard? Growing delicious homegrown fruit starts with ...

Walnut trees are very special additions to the yard, offering spring yellow-green catkins and delicious walnuts in fall. While they can seem intimidating to grow, a little perseverance can make your ...

In the panoply of smells that mark the transition of fall into winter, few are more evocative than chestnuts roasting on an open fire. The aroma that inspired the first line of Mel Torme’s “The ...

We are thinking of adding a few nut trees. We understand walnuts, pecans and pistachios will grow here in the valley. Is that factual? Where we can buy one of each of those? There are a number of nut ...

ANGELINA COUNTY, Texas (KLTV) - One of the gardening skills that tend to be forgotten in this day and time is grafting and budding. Grafting and budding are horticultural techniques used to join parts ...

Dr. Suzannah Bozzone, MD, is a family physician in Signal Mountain, Tennessee. The Tennessean recently reported that the cultivation of fruits and veggies may be shifting from drought-stricken western ...