There’s something about the idea of growing stone fruit in cold climates that’s just irresistible. Stone fruit is not meant to survive a frigid
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Lemon trees are among the easiest subtropical trees to grow indoors, so they are great starter trees if you’re new to container gardening. Even
If you’re sailing out to buy a pomegranate tree with the goal of harvesting your own home-grown fruit, be careful about selecting a cultivar.
The definition of “northern-zone gardening” tends to vary depending on who is doing the talking. I know many people who think zone 5 is
If your indoor lemon tree has finally made it through the pollination stage, you can expect it to start bearing fruit – even if
If you are trying to get experience growing tropical fruit indoors, banana trees are one of the easiest fruits to start with. Banana trees
Growing lemons is one of my favorite gardening hobbies, and I’ll be honest: that’s mostly because it sounds so impressive and difficult, but in
I don’t quite understand why humanity is wired the way that it is, but I’ve never met a northern-zone gardener who didn’t wish that
Buying and growing a windowsill lemon tree should be at the top of the wish-list for every northern-zone gardener. Lemons are so incredibly useful
Sweet Cherries are wildly popular, but in most areas north of zone 5, you’ll only ever taste those cherries if they’ve been trucked in
If your climate is too cold to grow sweet cherry trees, an outstanding substitute is the bush cherries. These incredibly hardy relatives of the
If you’ve ever considered growing a container-garden of tropical fruit trees on your windowsill, I would recommend starting with two trees: first, the potted
When space is an issue, dwarf-sized fruit trees allow gardeners to pack more variety into smaller spaces. Please note that this is a list
Northern zones are notoriously difficult locations for growing sweet cherries. Experts disagree on where the northern climate limits for the cherry is (Cornell has
If you’ve been too afraid to try container-growing subtropical fruit trees indoors on your windowsill, I can sympathize. These tender-climate trees tend to be
If growing subtropical fruit trees on a windowsill is a hobby of yours, growing a potted avocado tree is one of the biggest accomplishments
Growing banana trees in northern zones is one of those I’m-cooler-than-you gardeners’ bragging right things. They are gorgeous plants, easy to grow, and the
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
Maybe I’m an outlier, but half the fun in my windowsill gardening adventures is growing something that nobody else in my circle of gardening
This is a different kind of post for me, but as I’ve scoured the internet in my fruit gardening journey, I’ve saved literally hundreds