A portion of the author's apple orchard in Ithaca, New York. (Photo: Michael d'Estries) "Keep in mind that good ciders are a blend of sugar, acid, tannin and an aromatic," he writes.

Join us on the journey of planting new fruit trees sourced from Stark Bro's Nurseries. We demonstrate the process of establishing a thriving orchard in your backyard - digging the holes, preparing ...

The orchard is named after retiring Principal Barry Grace. The school took first place in a contest to win an orchard put on by Dreyer’s Fruit Bars and The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation.

This July and August I have been enjoying the fruits of past orchard plantings at our home in Morada. I had a large half-acre fruit orchard where I previously lived and I had 60-70 fruit trees.

If you'd like to enjoy fresh fruit from your garden for nearly half the year but only have limited space, consider high-density planting of bare- root trees this season. One example is planting in ...