Trim dead, damaged, or crowded branches to boost fruit quality and keep trees tidy. Thinning the canopy and reducing height improves sun exposure, airflow, and ease of care. Regular pruning supports ...

Knowing how to prune cherry trees effectively will help you keep them healthy and bearing delicious fruit for years to come. It's essential to carry out a pruning session at the right time of year to ...

Plums are exotic, hardy, beautiful, phytonutrient-rich and best of all, local – so stock up, writes our permaculture ...

A pile of leaves, pieces of rotting fruit, dead tree branches. It's not your tree, it's not even planted inside your fence, but now it's your job to clean up its mess. The first reaction might be to ...

If you’d love to grow fruit trees but think you don’t have the space, think again. You don’t need an orchard or even a large backyard to enjoy garden-picked fruit. Instead, use a method perfected by ...

Sap is that sticky substance you sometimes see oozing out of tree trunks. But is tree sap edible? The short answer is yes. Pure maple syrup is the most well-known product made from tree sap — and it's ...

Reader question: My neighbor's tree isn't maintained and hangs over my fence onto my property. Can I legally trim the tree, the part that hangs over my property? Answer: I brought this question to ...

Since mid-July, I’ve noticed something strange in several maple trees I’ve driven by: their leaves are starting to show fall color! Sometimes it’s just the tips of the branches turning red or yellow; ...

SPOKANE, Wash. -- Spokane's WSU Extension Master Gardener Program is sharing tips for anyone concerned about powdery mildew on their maple trees this year. According to the city of Spokane, powdery ...

When and how to prune your fig The pruning and planting as advised in the old books can be extremely convoluted. I have discarded this advice in the main. I have decided to grow a couple of figs as ...