Fruits of the City Program Publishes “Fruit Tree Maintenance Guide” After a bountiful harvest for Minnesota’s apple producers in 2013, the Fruits of the City program collected and donated a record 128 ...

Pruning fruit trees helps maintain size and shape, and it's the best way to control your crop. Here's when to prune fruit trees by season and type of tree.

THE WEATHER PATTERN on the North Olympic Peninsula has definitely been interesting this year. We have gone from freezing temperatures in March to record-high temperatures to days of rain, clouds and ...

Start your trees off right with the best method for preparing soil for fruit trees. Tree trunk wrap, stakes, and mulch also help to establish healthy trees. Once you’ve invested in new fruit trees, ...

Provide your growing apple tree with 1 inch of water per week during the growing and fruiting period, says Walke. During the ...

In the home landscape, fruit trees probably provide the biggest spectacle; beautiful, fragrant spring blossoms followed by an abundance of summer and fall fruit. I have often asked, why is it we do ...

Contra Costa Master Gardener Helen Erickson has a bit of an obsession with fruit trees. She has about 40 in her home garden, but she knows that some of the things required to maintain the trees can ...

Let's be honest: Growing and maintaining thriving trees and landscaping isn't always a breeze when you live in a coastal area. Coastal climates can be especially hard for tree growth due to several ...

No garden? You can still grow your own delicious fruit—just pick cultivars suitable for growing indoors. These are the ones ...

Growing fruit trees in containers gives you flexibility to control sunlight, size, and damaging weather. Try growing one of these fruit trees in pots.

If you have a small yard, you may have discounted the idea of growing fruit trees. This compact, sun-loving citrus with ...

Whether we like it or not, the global pandemic caused by COVID-19 has made some significant changes in our way of life. Many of us have endured stay-at-home orders, and as such, found ourselves with ...