Fruits

Growing fruits is one of the most satisfying harvests you'll ever have. Learn how to maximize production of your fruit gardens for sweet success!

Slices and halves of various ripe melon varieties reveal smooth flesh in shades of green, yellow, and pink, contrasting with thin bright yellow and thick dark green skins on a wooden table.

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9 Sweet and Flavorful Melon Varieties to Grow in the Home Garden

With spring’s warming temperatures comes the melon-growing season and the sweet aroma and flavor unmatched in homegrown varieties. Sowing seeds now, we can enjoy them after a long growing season at peak ripeness—sugary, juicy, and refreshing. Join gardening expert Katherine Rowe in growing the sweetest, most flavorful melon varieties this season.

Round melons with textured rinds, ribbed skin, and juicy orange flesh sit on a wooden table in the garden, their seeds gathered in the center to sow melon seeds.

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9 Melon Seeds to Sow Now

With the warming, sun-filled days of spring, we look toward starting our heat-loving crops. It’s time to envision robust summer melons as we start seeds now. Whether direct sowing, starting indoors, or using protective row covers, sowing melon seeds now gives the long-developing fruits ample time to reach peak perfection. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe explores favorite melon seeds to sow now for the juicy taste of summer.

Glossy, deep red delicious cherry variety hang in a tight cluster from a slender stem, nestled among vibrant green, serrated leaves with a slightly waxy texture.

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9 Most Delicious Cherry Varieties to Grow for Fresh Eating

It’s cherry blossom season across the globe, and at home, we can enjoy the delicate blooms, ornamental bark, and shining fruits of bearing trees. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe highlights the tastiest cherry varieties to plant this season for years of sweet rewards.

A small Mangifera indica plant with four glossy green leaves growing from a thin stem in white potting medium.

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How to Grow a Mango Tree From Seed

Have you dreamt of harvesting sweet tropical-tasting mangoes off a tree at home? If you live in a warm climate and have access to fresh fruit, you can do it easily. In this article, plant expert Matt Dursum covers how to grow a mango tree from seed.

pruners thinning fruiting tree branch

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When and How to Thin Fruit Trees for Beginners

Thinning is one of the hardest things a fruit tree grower has to do! Though it seems you’re removing the future harvest, you’re helping your tree grow large, juicy fruits instead of many tiny ones. Join backyard grower Jerad Bryant to thin your fruit trees for successful harvests.

Close-up of a berry bush with hanging clusters of small, glossy red berries hang from thin, woody stems, surrounded by lobed, vibrant green leaves with serrated edges, planted in spring.

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11 Berry Bushes You Can Plant in Early Spring

If you need more sweet and delicious fruit in your life, berry bushes are a fast way to make that happen. Gardening expert Melissa Strauss shares some spring-planted shrubs that produce the sweetest, juiciest fruits around!