One of the biggest barriers to gardening is the price tag. Unless you live in some sort of gardening utopia where fruiting plants of
Category: Growing Cold-Hardy Fruit
I may be an outlier, but I keep very close tabs on any gardening zone news. As a northern-zone gardener, this zone rating is
I’ve never met a gardener who didn’t bite off more than they could chew. Or at least want to. The biggest inhibitor to my
It’s hard finding fruit trees hardy to the winters in zone 4 America. Below is my master list – which I will continue to
Sweet cherries are the northern gardener’s dream… and depending on just how far north you garden, that dream’s odds of coming true rank just
For the fruit gardener, there are few disappointments as deep as bringing home a highly anticipated new plant, only to find that it’s actually
There’s a funny thing about fruit gardening. In theory, it sounds like this calm, genteel, grandmotherly-type of hobby where we stand out in the
If you’re like me, every spring you spend lot of time researching (read: agonizing) over nursery catalogs, trying to decide which plants to get.
Successfully growing peaches is a status symbol for gardeners in cold northern zones. This is the fruit tree that is a southern-grown staple, but
For northern gardeners, the relentless winter winds, deep snow, and insidious ice of northern winters are a constant threat to successfully growing fruit trees.
Fruit gardening is a challenge even under the best of conditions. You can’t predict rain, you can’t always protect from insect invasions; you fight
I gotta say, I’m not trying to dis any plant nurseries here. The obvious solution to finding fruit trees that will thrive in zone
So back in the day when I was very new to fruit gardening, I believed a nursery catalog that solemnly told me I lived
Identifying the best fruits to grow in cold climates has been a lifelong project for me. I’ve been gardening in northern New England for