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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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
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
Northern zones are notoriously difficult locations for growing sweet cherries. Experts disagree on where the northern climate limits for the cherry is (Cornell has
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
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
So back in the day when I was very new to fruit gardening, I believed a nursery catalog that solemnly told me I lived