Growing your own fruit is an excellent way to diversify a home garden. Determining which species to grow based on your climate may feel limiting. However, if you are living in subtropical regions or ...

If you are ready to venture into the world of exotic tropical fruit, consider planting a tree from the annonaceae or custard-apple family. Several tasty species are available and grow well here in ...

Paul LaFreniere envisions high value niche crops and fish in his plans for agricultural entrepreneurship. He says the key to sustainable food production is for growers to understand plant pathology. A ...

Bananas are just one of the tropical fruits now being grown in Sicily and elsewhere in the south of Italy. Photo by Jeremy Bezanger on Unsplash As traditional crops fail, a rising number of farmers in ...

Lychee is a unique tropical fruit tree with distinctive fruits that appear like strawberries covered with rough, dimpled skin ...

Leonard asks: I would like to expand my edible garden a bit and was thinking of growing some fruit. Any suggestions on what grows best here? I’m at about 1,000 feet elevation above Kailua-Kona. If you ...

Agroforestry combines trees with traditional farming, and it has big benefits. Here’s how to help farmers plant more trees. Imagine making one change to a farm field so that as well as producing food, ...

Q “I have a cherimoya fruit tree I planted about five years ago and need advice and help in growing it. My tree produced just one fruit a couple years ago and none since. I trimmed some branches and I ...

Drivers commuting between Delray Beach and Boynton Beach on Seacrest Boulevard may not notice they’re passing one of the city’s hidden gems. Truly Tropical mango farm is easy to miss. By turning off ...

The pleasure of hanging out with plant people is what you learn from them. Such people, and the plants they grow, are typically full of wonderful surprises. Just the other day, I met Ash Jahanbin, ...

Johnnie Stevenson has one word for homeowners who say they have no room for tropical fruit trees: "Ha!" Stevenson owns your typical quarter-acre plot in Palm Bay, yet he is the proud papa of more than ...