Your home is a treasure chest of items that, with a little creativity, can find a new purpose in your backyard. Before you ...

In order to grow a mango tree in the home garden, the following are the essential factors that make all the difference: The choice of the mango variety: Dwarf mango trees are between 4 and 8 feet in ...

A partnership aims to ease food insecurity in low-income areas underserved by grocery stores Dozens of newly planted fruit trees have created an oasis in a Florida “food desert” after local groups ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Using illegal fruit tree netting is a major problem across Victoria. Source: Supplied by Meaghan Scott Green-thumbed Aussies lucky ...

For many of us, food is something we buy at a supermarket or order at a cafe. We usually give little thought to the complex systems required to produce and deliver it – until they stop working. It’s ...

Sales of netting infrastructure to protect agricultural crops from extreme weather events have increased in the past five years. Export markets are tightening their fruit quality expectations, with ...

Here is a simple way to protect fruit on your backyard fruit trees from animals like birds and possums - perhaps even squirrels but we don't get them here so I can't say definitively although I do ...

There are several advantages to planting bare-root trees: they are usually less expensive, easier for gardeners to transport, and they will grow their roots entirely into native soil (rather than ...

As we approach the new year, I find myself thinking about fresh starts in the garden. While many people see winter as a time of rest for their landscape, here in the South, it’s actually one of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Victorian-based wildlife rescuer Lawrence Pope ordered two types of fruit netting that are illegal in his state from eBay. Source: ...

Pruning is essential if you want to keep your fruit trees healthy. Doing this will stimulate healthy growth, and over time, help the tree develop stronger branches. With most apple trees, November is ...