Fruits and Vegetables

Spring is the perfect time to start planting fruit trees, bushes, vines and brambles. While it may take some time before you can enjoy the fruits of your labor, choosing the right cultivars can make all the difference in creating a successful home harvest. Randall Vos, an Iowa State University Extension horticulture specialist, talks about how to select the best cultivars for your garden.

Our relationship with fruit trees is a little different than our relationship with other trees. Iowa State University’s Suzanne Slack shares advice about when and how to prune fruit trees, vines and bushes.

Fresh, ripe berries right out of the garden are a distant dream at the moment, but there are steps you can take now that will give those berries their best chance to thrive.

It's time to get your berries ready for the cold. Your future self, and your strawberries, will thank you.

The best ways to protect your vegetable garden from disease

The best ways to protect your tomatoes from disease

On this Hort Day episode, we learn how patience and perfect timing are the keys to a delicious fruit harvest.

The visible fruits of your labor are hard to resist, but patience pays off.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ summer food program for children that is meant to replace Summer EBT got off to a rocky start this month, according to food bank and pantry officials tasked with distributing food for Healthy Kids Iowa.

Kiwi berries are a delicious, non-fuzzy fruit that can survive in Iowa's climate.