It's a moral dilemma: You're walking around the neighborhood, in the middle of the day, temperatures blazing. You're sweaty, thirsty and in need of a refreshment. You look ahead and, like a miracle, a ...

In this episode of In the Kitchen with Matt, I do an Arizona gardening update on my garden. I used to have a patio garden filled with all kinds of tropical trees. My parents moved to Arizona, and ...

Citrus groves once spread across metro Phoenix, supplying packing houses in the area with oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruit and other varieties. Development paved over many of the original groves, ...

PHOENIX — Are you trying to become one of the lucky few to bring a blue java banana tree home? First things first: Yes, blue bananas are real. Yes, they actually do taste like vanilla ice cream. Now ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Cousins Tanisha Tucker Lohse and Maria Francisco set off from their desert camp around dawn on most early summer days, in search of ripe fruit from the towering saguaro cactus, an ...

These dormant trees grow strong roots.

CORVALLIS — It’s the time of year when fruit trees are on the minds of beginning and experienced backyard enthusiasts. More and more homeowners are adding fruit trees to their landscape and now’s the ...