A garden is more than just a pretty backdrop or a source of homegrown produce -- it's a living system, and the plants you choose can play a powerful role in supporting its health and biodiversity.

Ever try growing an apple tree from a seed? In this time lapse, we demonstrate how a seed was stratified after extraction from a typical apple all the way to early plant. The pips were taken out of a ...

It's not too early to get started nurturing some new trees. In fact, one fruit species does spectacularly when propagated indoors from cuttings.

Q: My dad has directed me your way, in regards to obtaining help for our apple trees.

Dear Master Gardener: Will you please write about growing apricot and cherry trees in northern Minnesota? Answer: Apricots need two varieties for cross-pollination. Two University of Minnesota apricot ...

Apple production in Minnesota dates to the territorial days before 1858. When large numbers of settlers from northern European arrive to take up homesteads, they wanted to plant apple trees. But they ...