Spring will be here before you know it, and we are all looking forward to getting busy in our fields and gardens. This year you might want to consider starting a backyard vineyard or a small 1- to ...

Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. Haley ...

Grapes are a great backyard choice if you're seeking delicious juice, some wine to savor or snacks fresh from the vine. But look elsewhere if it's low maintenance or fast production that you want.

Blackberry- Plant on 2 ft. spacing. Domesticated varieties. Fruit is extra large and sweet. Bears on two-year-old wood. Harvest fruit continuously for 1 month. Prune old canes after harvest for best ...

Fruits splashed all over the pages of nursery catalogs look as enticing now as they could taste in summer, so long as you don't bite off more than you can chew. When planning which fruits to grow, ...

“The juice of the grape is the liquid quintessence of concentrated sunbeams,” Englishman Thomas Love Peacock wrote 200 years ago. He was onto something. Grapes are wonderful for eating, juicing and ...

Each fall I enjoy a special treat: munching the sweet-sour flavor of grapes I have grown. I generally eat them outdoors as they are full of seeds, and I enjoy spitting out the seeds, much as I did as ...

India is starting to produce grapes much more broadly; in the milder climates, vineyards are popping up on sunny hillsides, creating an abundance of highly acclaimed wines. Though they require a ...

Grapes are a fun and healthy snack and can grow well in Iowa. Experts have recommendations about which grape varieties to grow and offer best practices for harvesting and producing. They're ...