If you've always wanted to learn how to make and preserve your own jam, this easy step-by-step will show you how. In this tutorial, we're featuring everyone's favorite summer fruit: peaches. This homemade jam is full of the vibrant flavor of a freshly picked peach, and is perfect o...
Prepare the soil for planting by combining two parts soil with one part compost. Try to do this about a week before the pit is ready. If it hasn't started sprouting by the fifth week, start preparing the soil then. Plant the pit 4-inches (101.6-millimeters) deep in the soil. Place ...
Reading this article reminds me of my sister and I planting peach pits when we were kids. We thought we would have a whole orchard of peach trees, and not one of them ever grew. We either gave up or lost interest, because nothing ever started to grow. It sounds like it would be muc...
Although the peach flesh itself is fine for dogs to eat, the pits of peaches contain amygdalin, the same substance found in apple seeds--which releases cyanide. Your pup would have to consume several peach pits to get sick; however, this isn't beyond the realm of possibility if you have ...
Growing your own peaches can be a delicious project for any gardener. The first thing you have to do is choose a peach pit that will germinate and produce a tree suitable for your area. Next, you have to clean the pit (ideally even remove it from the seed). Once your pit is clean,...