When it comes to harvesting, fruit usually falls into one of two categories: the type that continues to ripen off the tree, and the type that doesn’t. In the former category, it's best to harvest ...

Companion planting vegetables with certain other plants can deter garden pests and make veggies more productive without fertilizers or pesticides. You can apply this same concept when growing fruit ...

Nothing screams summer like biting into a ripe, juicy peach, a stone fruit that’s typically harvested in the United States from May through late September. While you can buy peaches at farmers markets ...

While it is exciting and gratifying to see all the new fruit appearing on your trees in the spring, it is necessary to remove some immature fruit in order to get the large, strong, healthy fruit you ...

A good rule of thumb is to get potted fruit trees in the ground at least 4 to 6 weeks before your fall frost date. In a mild ...

Mechanical harvesting of fruit trees represents a transformative approach to modern orchard management. By applying controlled vibrational excitations, these systems selectively detach ripe fruit ...

Members of the Glean Team in action. From left: Monika Ganguly-Kiefner, Emily Breffle & Brian Sales. Before the cold snapped us from summer to fall weather in late October, four people were busily ...