Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mark Was of Wauwatosa has had his grapefruit tree for nearly 61 years. It summers out on the patio, but getting it back in the ...

‘What a waste,” I was thinking this morning as I spat out a seed from an orange. That seed could have grown into a whole orange tree. Growing an orange tree — or any citrus tree — from a seed is no ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. – It’s the member of the family Mark Was lets in the house only when it gets cold outside. Not to name names – oops, it doesn’t have one – but it stands more than 6½ feet tall, barely ...

It happens all the time: you’re spooning up a bowl of yogurt with grapefruit, or squeezing lemon juice over a salad, and a couple of citrus seeds sneak in. Most people either spit them out or ...

I love people who love plants. It’s hardly a revelation. I’ve known it for as long as I’ve been gardening, but nothing says I really love my plants like lugging a potted citrus tree in the house every ...

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It’s an all-too-common occurrence. You’re preparing a bowl of yogurt with grapefruit and a couple of seeds wind up in the bowl. You squeeze half a lemon over salad greens or a piece of fish and ...