Pruning is essential for attractive, healthy trees and shrubs and improves the quality of flowers, fruit and foliage. The ...

If you want to plant a fruit tree in your backyard to grow your own apples or pears, consider whether you'll need more than ...

Tax exemptions provide an incentive to qualifying landowners to preserve their woodlands, but bills introduced in the Iowa ...

Community groups, schools and parish councils have received hundreds of fruit trees, so they can plant their own orchards ...

Their orchards bear fruits the year round except during June-July months, ensuring a steady income for the couple.

The apple crop was extremely variable this year. Some trees produced beautiful crops of apples while others produced a small crop or, in some cases, a crop of very small apples. There were also ...

For apple scab, do one spray now while the tree is dormant and the tips of the buds are green. Spray again later in winter ...

My hero is Larry Enter. Enter is a Master Gardener from Watertown who grows perfect apples on his 155 trees. Apples from my two trees turn out…let’s just say “less than perfect.” Enter ...

With most trees and shrubs virtually naked this time of year, there can often be few observable signs of life among the ...

Once the current rain has subsided, and the ground has had a bit of time to dry out, planting fruit trees may be on the to-do ...

Make sure to cover sensitive plants lightly with straw or evergreen branches, and make sure your outdoor water faucets are winterized. Then sit back, make a fire and enjoy the brief winter wonderland ...

Last week, while I was going to town, a neighbor and friend from church asked me what I knew was an orange-like small tree ...