If you ask us, the very best summertime fruit is stone fruit. There’s nothing better than biting into a freshly picked peach, a perfectly ripe plum or a handful of juicy cherries, right? Their season ...

For Sam Van Aken, grafting — a horticultural practice of joining two or more plants together — is about more than just creating the best harvest. It's a way to preserve trees, particularly varieties ...

As a child I made yearly sojourns to my grandparents' home in California. Next door, in the middle of chest-high weeds, sat a lush grapefruit tree. The property was vacant; ivy climbed the walls, the ...