While most of your gardening tasks wrap up as winter progresses, it could be just the right time to pay attention to your ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Pruning is an essential garden chore for healthy trees, and you may assume that fruit and shade trees have the same pruning ...

Growing fruit trees in pots is a fantastic way to enjoy fresh produce, even if you have limited space. Container gardening ...

A guide to when and how to prune fan-trained fruit trees for healthy trees and bumper crops, including tips for training ...

Fruit trees may not produce fruit due to improper tree vigor, often caused by over-fertilization or excessive pruning. Frost damage can prevent fruit set, even if flowers open; choose later-blooming ...

Q. About 3 1/2 years ago we planted a Fuyu Persimmon tree from a local nursery near Moreno Valley. It grew rather quickly, and last year, there was a large quantity of beautiful, tasty persimmons.

We all enjoy apples, pears, plums, oranges and other fruits that are commonly available in our grocery stores, but there are many other less familiar fruits. This topic was prompted by the upcoming ...

(CBSDFW.COM) - There are your standard fruit trees around North Texas that many people have in their yard. Peaches is likely the main one. The Santa Rosa Plum is not only an attractive tree, it ...

Old water oaks (Quercus nigra) are prone to developing decay in their trunks as they age. Because of this, their life expectancy is generally considered to be about 60 years — they have the shortest ...