Orchard garden

When the owners purchased this home west of Austin, it came with a tennis court. Since they don't play tennis, they decided to remove it and replace it wit

Apple trees offer structure, shade, flowers, delicious fruit - and they aren’t hard to work with. Read more and learn what it takes to grow them at home.

Let’s take a stroll through some of our favorite country gardens over the years and see what makes them so inviting and carefree!

WHEW! I HAVE A LOT OF CATCHING UP TO DO. Since the Whidbey Island Garden Tour on the 25th of June, I have worked in the garden, pickled and canned cauliflower, taken a trip to the Long Beach penins…

Neil | Monty Don | garden blossom

Smart plantings and endless pathways create an oasis designed for year-round enjoyment in Austin, Texas In the midst of notoriously arid Austin grows an evergreen escape perfect for wandering. A Texas persimmon towers over the garden, casting shimmering shadows on shade-loving plants below. The heady fragrance of sweet olives drifts down pathways, as does the scent of a 30-foot-tall sweet almond verbena, which has tiny, milky white blooms in spring, each one a perfumer's dream. The garden…

Year Zero - Before You Plant Planning and installing an orchard can be a daunting project, with the sweet rewards years and even decades out. But like the Heirloom Orchardist says: You're Never Too Old To Plant An Orchard! Especially with cultivars grafted to grow on dwarfing root stocks, one could be eating their own, sweet peaches, apples, and plumbs within 3 to 5 years. Considerations I am still a while away from planting my next small orchard; however, the following are some of the…

If you want to convert an orchard to a food forest, start with the soil. Feed the soil, and the microorganisms in it will work to feed everything else.

Orchard at Cley, Norfolk

Living fences give us the privacy we need while providing the habitat and structure that supports nature around us. Here is how to make one.