• Rinse the seed, or pit, from an avocado, then hold it vertically with the pointy end facing up.

FARGO - About 130 volunteers planted 1,800 seedling trees along the Red River Tuesday, May 17, along Harwood Drive South in Fargo. The goal is to have 3,400 trees planted to maintain river bank ...

Volunteers Joe Landeros and Anthea Raymond tamp down the earth around a newly planted Joshua tree seedling in the California Mojave Desert. (Nathan Solis / Los Angeles Times) Joe Landeros plunged a ...

Apple trees are hugely popular, and thousands of apple cultivars exist worldwide. Most apple trees planted nowadays are ...

Charlyn Moltane, who gardens in Fountain Valley, emailed as follows: “My friend in Garden Grove has grown four apricot trees from the seeds of store-bought fruit. These trees are now five feet tall ...

ERIE COUNTY, N.Y. — It's a sure sign that spring is not too far away. Erie County announced Wednesday order forms are now available for the 2022 Conservation Tree and Shrub Seedling Sale. The county's ...

NASA is seeking education and community organizations to help grow a practical forest of trees with a unique pedigree — the moon. Inspired by an Apollo program astronaut's initiative, the space agency ...

Growing your own peaches is easier than it seems. No fruit embodies the essence of summer quite like the peach, particularly when it is harvested from one's own garden. While cultivating peach trees ...

The loquat tree (Eriobotrya japonica) is flowering now and will continue blooming into February. Its tasty yellow or orange fruit are borne January to April, barring a hard freeze. Loquat trees — aka ...

Oranges are a delicious part of any diet, providing a much-needed dose of vitamin C. A glass of orange juice is the perfect way to start the day, too, and it tastes even better when it's fresh. For ...

MEDWAY - A little girl planted a seedling 27 years ago. It defied the odds to become a symbol for an entire neighborhood in Medway, Massachusetts. Beth McLeod's daughter Sarah brought the tree ...