Tag: fruits

Freezing fruit is an easy way to preserve fruit so that it retains its nutritional quality.

Peaches are packed with vitamin C and other antioxidants, which research suggests may help prevent heart disease, stroke and cancer.

There are a number of factors that contribute to inconsistent fruit production. Learn how to determine why your fruit trees may not be producing fruit.

Learn how to select perfectly ripe and sweet watermelons, cantaloupes and honeydews.

Learn how to get a cutting from a blueberry bush off to its healthiest start by meeting all of its growing requirements when you plant it.

In 2021, Sasha Miller is hoping to get pears from the trees she planted a few years ago for the first time, at Purplebrown Farmstead. Those trees are part of her long term plan to develop a cider orchard. But her permaculture system also involves pigs, poultry, vegetables and mushrooms. Permaculture, Miller explained, involves creating a system that can be sustainable and self sufficient.

The annual Ohio produce conference has a new name with a similar focus and will meet Jan. 15-17.

You may not find them in stores yet, but it’s only a matter of time before new disease-resistant apple cultivars are more popular than old favorites.

Before the leaves begin to change, let’s take some time to enjoy all the fresh fruits, vegetables and herbs that are in season and readily available.

Gatherers can find wild blackberries in Ohio’s woodlands, along the borders of farm fields, and on overgrown fencerows.