Fruit Ideas, Tips & Guides

FORGET DIAMONDS. A freezer is a girl’s best friend.

About 10 years ago, Dan Furman joined the nursery and mail-order operation his parents Kasha and David had started in 1989 in Connecticut to specialize in Chinese tree peonies, which are still a mainstay of the family business. Well, Dan brought with him a growing interest in edible ornamentals, he says, “to make landscapes more bountiful, not just beautiful.” And with lots of personal research and experimentation, he has added a great assortment of them to the Cricket Hill lineup. That’s Dan, below, in a recent video he did on Cricket Hill’s Instagram, praising Aronia fruit (chokeberry).Read along as you listen to the September 16, 2019 edition of my public-radio show and podcast using the player below. You can subscribe to all future editions on iTunes or Spotify or Stitcher (and browse my archive of podcasts here).unusual fruits, with dan furman of cricket hillMargaret Roach: Welcome Dan. I’m so excited that I saw you at the booth the other day.Daniel Furman

AS PART OF Garden Conservancy Open Day at Margaret Roach’s Copake Falls, NY, garden–including a plant sale by Broken Arrow Nursery–guest expert and garden writer Lee Reich will be doing a morning lecture on fruit espaliers.

I love clafoutis (kla-foo-tee), a humble French concoction that’s like a Huffy-Puffy or Dutch Baby or German pancake–whatever you call it, that’s my favorite Christmas-morning food. But the clafoutis is sweeter and has fruit inside. If you have 3 cups of fruit and some kitchen basics like milk and eggs and flour, you can make this dessert very last-minute, even just as you sit down to eat the main course, another selling factor. Easy, yet quite impressive.Though clafoutis is traditionally made with cherries, as it was in the recipe Martha shared in her must-have 1995 cookbook, “The Martha Stewart Cookbook: Collected Recipes for Every Day” (affiliate link), I’ve come to regard her batter as the universal solvent for all things fruit.With it, I have since made clafoutis from peaches, plums, pears, various berries, cherries, and mixes of fresh fruit and dried (such as by adding a handful of dried cranberries or cherries to pears

If you are tossing away those fruit peels in the waste bin, you may lose out on many essential nutrients that could otherwise be very beneficial to your garden! Surprised? Here are the Best Fruit Peels You Can Use as Fertilizers!

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Star Fruit comes from the Carambola tree and can be found in most places throughout the world. While it thrives in humid subtropical climates, the Star Fruit can also be grown in cold climates in pots, where they survive winters indoors or in greenhouses.

Many fruit, nut, and landscape trees can succumb to root rot caused by three types of fungi and a group of water molds (that used to be considered fungi); these include the fungi Armillaria, Phymatotrichum, and Xylaria and the water mold Phytophthora.The trees show varying symptoms from these different di

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If you live in a chilly weather, then here are the most delicious Fruit Trees to Grow in Cold Climates in Pots you must try!

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Summer—aka watermelon season—is officially here. While many typecast this juicy seasonal favorite as a special treat to indulge in after spending the day out in the sun, watermelon is actually full of nutrition. While there are many ways to enjoy the irresistible fruit, the latest trend is juice form—but is this popular juice fad actually good for you or just another sugar-laden health gimmick? Here’s what to know.

If you’ve ever plucked a juicy, ripe gooseberry from the plant and taken a bite, only to be horrified to discover a tiny white maggot has taken up residence in the middle of the fruit, it’s an experience you won’t soon forget.Gooseberry or currant maggots are tiny pests that burrow into currants and gooseberries, an

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Fruit flies are some of the most persistent and annoying tiny insects you’ll ever come across. They’re a close match to mosquitos!

Say goodbye to pesky gnats and fruit flies using 3 simple ingredients!

Though the Swiss Cheese Plant is quite popular for its unusual cut foliage, you can also grow it for something else! Yes, for something that you can actually relish. Here’s all you need to know about How to Grow Monstera Deliciosa Fruit.

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Sometimes things that come in compact packages could be the best. These under-6-foot trees are perfect for your narrow side yard, patio, deck, parking strips, containers, and other tight spaces.

Is there anything like a soft, honey-sweet persimmon fresh off the tree? If there is, I haven’t found it yet.Now, is there anything more heartbreaking t

In hot and arid areas availability of water even for regular chore is difficult sometimes, forget about watering plants. If you live at such a place or really a busy person who can’t about trees growing in your yard, then these low maintenance and drought tolerant fruit trees are perfect for you.

Here is an all-inclusive list of the Best Cold Tolerant Fruit Trees that are super cold hardy, won’t mind the lower temperatures, and will give you a fresh harvest even in the coldest of months!

Gummosis refers to the oozing of sap or gum from a tree. This behavior is very common on stone fruits, including apricots, peaches, and plums.You can look at gummosis as your tree’s cry for help in the face of any one of a number of problem

Our fruit cage is cobbled together from various metal poles and some distinctly scrappy netting, erected (after a fashion) on our sloping allotment, so I felt deep envy when I visited Sarah Raven’s garden at Perch Hill and viewed her immaculate fruit cages.  Properly spaced bushes, not a weed in sight, ample room to move around and pick the fruit, flat ground – they were everything ours is not. Still our fre

There are lots of alternative fruit trees worth considering for the garden. Most have slipped out of fashion, perhaps because they haven’t been developed and hybridised like so many of our favourite fruits. However, if you don’t want to actually eat their fruit you may think about growing them for their good looks alone. Here’s five fruit trees and shrubs worthy of attention : Quince There are t

Up until now I’ve always mourned the passing of the fresh cherry season because it meant the end of clafoutis, one of my favourite puddings. Courtesy of River Cottage Baking, I’ve discovered that you can use other fruits and I duly celebrated with a blackberry, blueberry, raspberry and mulberry clafoutis with fruit picked from the garden. Here’s th

Eggplant (Solanum melongena) is a relative of tomatoes. It is native to the Indian subcontinent and grows in various colors like deep shiny purple, green, lavender, white, and yellow, with a green cap in different sizes and shapes. It’s one of the most popular vegetables around the world, but botanically, Is Eggplant a Vegetable or Fruit? Find out in this article.

You can get citrus fruits in pots, even indoors if you’ve got a sunny window.

On Friday I went to pick the crop from the cherry tree that we rent each year.  Sadly,  it was markedly down on what we usually gather due to the wrong weather at the wrong time.  That’s the risk we take and most years we are amply repaid for our investment and it’s good to know that we are helping to keep cherry orchards viable.  However there is a looming risk on the horizon, the spotted wing drosophila that threatens to ravage soft fruit crops and shows a marked partiality for cherries. The orchard owner has impo

Guacamole lovers and salad enthusiasts, the debate is on! The million-dollar question that has puzzled many culinary experts and food enthusiasts alike is finally here: Is An Avocado, A Fruit Or Vegetable? Delve deep into the botanical and culinary world of Avocados with us to uncover the true identity.

Create a set of planters that resembles any fruit or vegetable by just using glass dishes and acrylic paint. Shirley And Chris has the tutorial.

If you’re growing a fruit tree in your yard and wondering when you’ll be able to harvest it? If you’re impatient and waiting for years is not your thing, or if you’re someone who doesn’t stay at the same place for long due to a job or business–This list of Fruit Plants that Bear Fruit Fast is for you.

Dragon fruit, also known as pitayas, are available in different sizes, shapes, skin colors, flesh colors, and flavor profiles. And these cultivars have different sun, heat, and cold tolerances.So, when you grow them at home, you’ll want

Mimicking conditions of the natural environment in your design is a great way to encourage a home garden to thrive.Plants don’t grow in neat rows in the wild. They are