She does know she's going to have to bring in fruit from other states, which is really bad news for the people who love to come to her orchard to pick their own fruit. If you're not an orchard grower but have fruit trees, if you cut into those buds and see green, your trees may have a chance and just keep on like normal. The tree already has a lot of built-up energy that it can't use growing fruit, so it's going to expend it growing and, if you add more, it's just going to grow out of...

LOUIS - With each cut into his orchard's baby peaches revealing only blackness, Tom Schwartz suspected what many fellow Illinois fruit growers are fretting about: This year's crop could be the pits. Any substantial loss to the crops could translate into higher prices for the fruit at grocery stores and farmer's markets, although the impact won't be known for some time yet. Such is the sentiment among peach growers around Illinois and throughout the South since a warm, bud-producing March...

While the eagles may have halted the bulldozers, they have not stopped the debate over where the produce market should go. Rendell's press office would say only that "planning is now focused on the eagles, which will impact any project on the east end of the Navy Yard. Now there are plenty of maritime interests that would invest in expanding the port if they were confident it would be a fair process, Keller said. He said he would be "willing to discuss" making land available to the produce...

But what if the weather threatened your livelihood? The overnight freeze is doing just that for an Indianapolis family of apple growers. A week or two of temperatures in the 70s followed by a freeze has Mark facing a cold hard fact about the family apple business. But this year, the family orchard has suffered a severe blow. But he says the Adrian Orchard store will open in July as scheduled with fewer homegrown apples but plenty of homegrown produce, weather permitting. We pull out the...

And, when it comes to sparing strawberries from a freeze, ice is the answer for many growers. His layman's version of what happens is simple: When you continuously spray water onto strawberry plants in freezing weather, it releases heat as it turns to ice. From staff reports : The Herald-Sun Apr 6, 2007 : 9:18 pm ET As people who grow shrubs and flowers for fun or profit scramble to protect their plants from the weekend cold snap, a simple law of nature can save one of spring's most prized...

Topic Expert Opinion Summer may bring to mind outdoor picnics with hot dogs and chips, but a Purdue University expert says the season also provides the perfect opportunity to plan delicious, healthy meals. Make kabobs with fruit and grill on low heat until the fruit is hot and slightly golden. Palmer offers the following suggestions for making the most of summer with foods that are both appetizing and nutritious: These healthy snacks also make consuming the recommended daily fruit and...