Enjoy delicious fruit—even if you're growing your trees indoors. Hand pollination is a great way to get your fruit trees to produce better, more abundant harvests. It partly substitutes for natural ...

Becca Lewis is home maintenance writer who aims to foster confidence in and inspire DIY enthusiasts at all skill levels. Becca attended Southern Connecticut State University, where she studied ...

Sun-ripened tomatoes are the result of thousands of pollen grains moving at just the right time to pollinate flowers. All types of tomatoes—from beefsteaks that are larger than your hand to bite-size ...

Pollinators -- such as bees, butterflies and birds -- are essential for agricultural production. However, natural pollination can also fail or be insufficient, which can lead to lower yields and ...

Is it possible for different pepper varieties to cross-pollinate? Someone I knew had sweet bell peppers planted by jalapeño peppers and the bell peppers were hot like the jalapeño peppers. — Amanda ...

It is beginning to feel like fall, but there is still time to collect seed for the next growing season. This article is a continuation of my Oct. 5 article, "This year's fruits can produce next year's ...