Despite the wintry weather this week, peach trees in the Grand Valley should be relatively safe from freezing damage to the woody tissues of the trees, according to Colorado State University Research ...

Before there was the Palisade Peach Festival, residents of this Western Slope town gathered for Iowa Day, a celebration of community members who had recently relocated from that Midwestern state. Many ...

Perhaps the best thing about Colorado peaches, if you’re the kind of person who dedicates their life to this sort of thing, is just how difficult they are to grow. Ioannis Minas, an associate ...

When the Lafayette Peach Festival kicks off on August 16, Old Town will once again be filled with the scent of ripe Palisade peaches and the chatter of thousands of visitors. But behind the six-block ...

Over the next two months, Marty Wacker will get to know the 300 miles of Interstate 25 and Interstate 70 between Fort Collins and Grand Junction like the ripeness of a peach. That's because July and ...

Temperatures in the Grand Valley fell into the low 20s on Wednesday, which could have done significant damage to the valley’s peach crop. David Sterle, a research scientist at the Colorado State ...

Every summer, gardeners all over the country are rewarded with fresh, juicy peaches. But if your tree is lacking this season, it may be because of how often you're watering it. Peach trees need moist ...

Nothing screams summer like biting into a ripe, juicy peach, a stone fruit that’s typically harvested in the United States from May through late September. While you can buy peaches at farmers markets ...

A Palisade peach, unforgettably sweet and juicy, packs a lot of Colorado inside its fuzzy skin. In the late 19th century, as native people were forced from their ancestral homes, farmers started ...