Tree projects to bear town fruit

TWO tree-related initiatives are launched in Lewes this month, allowing residents who care about their surroundings to provide more greenery and free produce – by logging on.

India: Greeting Daughters With Fruit Trees

• (http://twitter.com/share) A way to slow India's appalling female infanticide rate

How to plant a tree: Easy as 1-2-3

Plant a tree? Sure! If Queen Elizabeth II is out there doing it in her mid-80s, you can too. Of course, HM has a retinue of staffers who do the heavy lifting: digging the hole, finding and positioning the tree, taking care of it afterward. She need only show up, brandish the royal spade, and ceremoniously flick a few scoops of impossibly well-groomed soil onto the spot.

Growing lychee requires care, patience

Mangos and avocados are abundant in South Florida, but another fruit is also riding a wave: the lychee.

Life's a peach at pueblo orchard

San Ildefonso Pueblo elders, young people and teachers on Tuesday began planting 150 fruit trees in hand-dug holes.