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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 ...
We all enjoy apples, pears, plums, oranges and other fruits that are commonly available in our grocery stores, but there are many other less familiar fruits. This topic was prompted by the upcoming ...
Loquats are tropical fruit trees known for their sweet, juicy, and aromatic fruits. Native to Japan and China, they have been ...
Even though the sun doesn’t always shine in Grow a Garden, the conditions are still perfect for farming a range of Tropical Plants that thrive in a jungle climate. Sometimes, a new event NPC will ask ...
When you think of lemons and avocados, you might assume that they can only be grown in warm climates. However, many tropical ...
For many years, a good portion of metro-Houston yards have been planted with citrus, figs, pomegranates, persimmons, pears and a few other types of fruit trees. The quest for growing tropical fruit ...
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 ...
Columbus and other early voyagers to the Americas filled their travel journals with breathless descriptions of the tropical fruits they’d never seen before: avocados, papayas, pineapples, soursop, ...
Are you tired of winter already? Grow fruit! Last year, I decided to do just that, and now have three Meyer lemons ripening up on a spindly little tree in a south-facing window. And I have a lime tree ...
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, ...
Tropical plants here in New England grow mainly as indoor plants or in the summer garden. Last week I attended the Tropical Plant Industry Exhibition in Fort Lauderdale, a trade show for the industry.