If your parents ever warned you not to swallow the pits of stone fruits because a fruit tree would grow in your stomach, you may have a mental image of fruits swiftly sprouting from pits. And while ...

Start by choosing the correct variety of plum, then remove the pit. Extract the seeds from the pit, then let them germinate before placing them in the soil. Wouldn't it be great to have free plums ...

If you plant it, will it grow? That’s the question from inside the experimental world of growing new vegetables from old vegetable scraps, such as pits, seeds and stem tips. Lana Smith thought it ...

Name a fruit that grows on trees in backyards across the region. Chances are you said apple, which is the most common tree fruit in the Upper Midwest. While apples enjoy the limelight, plums are often ...

A plate of plums sits on a wooden table - Ekaterina Smirnova/Getty Images If your parents ever warned you not to swallow the pits of stone fruits because a fruit tree would grow in your stomach, you ...