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Featured: What is a Honeyberry? (Haskap Berry) Grow and Maintain a Customer Favorite for your Edible Landscape

Honeyberries are a sweet, tangy fruit that can be likened to a blueberry in taste. High in antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals...

Behind the Scenes - Shipping

Our growers meet strict shipping guidelines put in place to ensure the best travel conditions for each tree and plant. Our expert packing and shipping methods mean your shipment arrives healthy, well-traveled, and on time.

How to Plant Bare-Root Strawberries - With Video

Katie shows us how she planted her strawberry patch on the Howard Homestead, including June-bearing and everbearing varieties.

Planting Seed Potatoes in 7 Simple Steps – With Video

Katie shows you how to easily plant seed potatoes in her home garden at the Howard Homestead in seven simple steps.

How to Prepare Seed Potatoes for Planting - With Video

Katie demonstrates how to prepare your seed potatoes for planting, and talks about the importance of adding certified disease-free potatoes to your growing space. She shows cutting, healing, and callousing Caribou Russet, Dark Red Norland, and Yukon Gem varieties.

Fruit Trees: Choosing Where to Plant in 5 Easy Steps

Gary talks about what to consider and what to avoid when planning to plant fruit trees. These key factors can apply to a small backyard all the way up to a large orchard.

How To Prune An Apple Tree: Step by Step - With Video

Terry shows us just how simple it is to prune an apple tree using the central leader pruning method

Planning for Spring

The Stark Bro’s website has made planning for Spring easier than ever.

Product Quality

At Stark Bro’s Nurseries and Orchard Co. our #1 value is product quality and customer satisfaction matters above all.

How to Plant Bare-Root Plants

By definition, bare-root plants are not grown in a pot and will not have any soil around their roots – hence the name "bare root". Our bare-root plants are shipped dormant, which helps them to transplant well and experience less transpiration (water loss) immediately after planting.

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