When we moved into our current property back in 2014, we inherited a number of mature fruit trees in a walled orchard, including a couple of plum trees. One of those plum trees was very old and ...

A 5-year-old boy darts through the sand around his home near the Indian River Inlet. He looks over his shoulder at the woman following him with a small woven basket and beckons her to follow. Just ...

With more than 2,000 orchard trees and others growing wild on its 130 acres, Jalma is the largest beach plum farm in the state. The Georges use an old family recipe to make a reduced-sugar beach ...

The beach plum thrives in sandy soil and helps stabilize dunes. Found on the coast from Maine to North Carolina, the shrubby tree blooms in early spring and produces fruit in late summer and early ...

Question: It’s October and the peach and plum trees have started to bloom. Should we do needed pruning now or wait until the normal time during winter? Answer: October flowering could mean an… ...