The fruit Orchard

Fruit trees are a must-have in any garden that aims for both beauty and productivity. Pruning and care is straightforward for delicious harvests!

Keeping pears over winter and more

Starting in September, October and sometimes even November if the climate is mild enough, pears are harvested. Learn to store and keep them well.
Pears for keeping

Summer care for fruit trees

Over the summer, don’t pass on the few chores that will lead your orchard and vegetable patch to abundant and high-quality harvests. Just a few hour’s worth of care and your fruit trees will thrive!
Summer care for fruit trees

Pomegranate, much easier to grow than you’d think

Pomegranate is a real eye-catcher when it comes to bloom – generous and bright. Its famed fruit, the pomegranate, however, likes to play hard-to-get unless you’re in regions with a specific climate.
pomegranate tree

Plant fruit trees!

Cherries, apples, pears… What a joy it is to harvest the fruits from your own garden! Fall is the perfect season for planting fruit trees.
Apple tree with an apple, great fruit tree for planting

Tree tomato, how to plant and care for Tomato Tree

The tree tomato (or tomato tree) is much larger than the normal tomato plant. Key tomato tree facts Name: Solanum betacea (old: Cyphomandra b.) Family: Solanaceae (nightshade) Type: fruit tree Height: 3 to 13 feet (1-4 m) (in the wild) Exposure: full sun or well-lit when indoors Soil: light, rich –  Hardiness: 28°F (-2°C)  –  […]
Tree tomato

Trendy with good reason: ornamental olive

It is the symbol of the Mediterranean, and has conquered gardens across the world. A symbol of peace, immortality, hope and abundance, the olive tree pleases everyone thanks to its beauty and hardiness.
Ornamental olive

Pruning apple and pear trees

Winter and the very beginning of spring are the most auspicious season for pruning a pear tree and an apple tree.
Pruning apple and pear

Goji berry, a very interesting fruit tree

The goji berry shrub is trending ever since its health benefits and antioxidant properties have been acknowledged. Lycium is the name of the plant, and its delicious berries have invaded shelves in supermarkets and drugstores alike.
Lycium, the goji berry tree, with red goji berries on a leafed branch.

Blackthorn, delicious wild berries

The Blackthorn fruit tree produces surprising fruits, sloes, that are always best when they’ve burst just after the first frost spells.
Blackthorn berries or sloes clustered on a branch.

Grow kiwi from seed

Who hasn’t wondered whether those thousands of tiny black pips could ever amount to anything? We all have! And the good news is: yes!
Growing kiwi from seed

Winter pruning of pip fruit trees

Although pruning is definitely a human invention, and trees can go without it to develop naturally, it presents the advantage of renewing the plant’s vigor and increasing its fruit productivity.
winter-pruning-pear-apple-trees

Best practices to enhance fruit harvest

Why does a fruit tree’s blooming already share much about the quality of its fruit-bearing? How can we enhance the fruit harvest? Pollination plays a critical role in the formation of fruits.
Increase fruit harvest - a basket of apples.

Apricots, little bites of sun

A few words about apricots in France… 2012 apricot production in France – 160,900 tons 1 Production areas in France – Languedoc-Roussillon, the Rhône river area, the Mediterranean coastal areas.
Healthy apricots on branch.

Plant small exotic fruits!

If you’ve got a sweet tooth but don’t have a very large garden for growing fruit trees, try planting exotic berry shrubs that survive in temperate climates. It is a brilliant and unique enjoyment. Here is a selection of small exotic fruits that resist the cold. Perfect for planting on a balcony!
Exotic berry shrubs like cranberry, shown here, survive harsh winters.

Blackberry bush and blackberries, delicious small summer fruits

Blackberry shrubs offer delicious blackberries if you care for them well. Basic blackberry facts Name – Rubus fruticosus Family – Rosaceae Type – fruit shrub Height – 3 to 10 feet (1 to 3 m) Exposure – full sun, part sun Soil – rich enough Foliage – deciduous Flowering – summer Harvest – end of summer Planting, […]
Blackberries ripening
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