It's a frustrating scenario for gardeners: you wait patiently all winter for spring to come and fruit trees to wake up. Temperatures warm, and you see the buds starting to swell...but then few...
Posts by Dianna Grabowski
Buying any fruit tree is an investment, and apricot trees are no exception. Not only can they be expensive, but you are also committing time and effort year after year to care for the tree and help...
The first year my apricot tree fruited I watched it like a hawk so I could pick the fruit at the ideal time. It seemed like there was a narrow window between the apricots being hard as a rock, and a...
Have you ever tasted a fresh-picked apricot right off of the tree? If you have, I'm sure you'll agree that it's completely different than the dry, mealy, tart apricots from the grocery store (if...
Whenever I plant a new fruit tree, I watch it very closely throughout the year to get to know its growing habits. The first spring after I planted my apricot tree, I eagerly awaited its blossoms....
When my family moved across the country a few years ago, the first addition we made to our new home was planting an apricot tree. Apricots are not a common homegrown fruit in our area, but I...
