Prune apple trees in late winter or early spring to prevent disease and help healing. Limit pruning to 25 percent of the tree ...

Winter is the best time to do this work because apple trees are dormant and less likely to suffer from stress.

Just because you have a small yard doesn't mean you need to miss out on growing your own fruit. These trees are bred to ...

As the days shorten, a quiet task divides gardeners: some postpone it, while seasoned growers swear by its timing. Across orchards and back gardens, ...

Shorter days and cooling nights change your orchard’s rhythm, and a quiet October habit begins to shape next spring’s rewards. Professionals slip out with ...

This should be called ‘the year of the apple’. Like many others, I can’t remember a better harvest with the largest apples I’ve ever had.

A team of researchers at Iowa State recently planted a two-year-old research orchard using a modified super spindle ...

The colder months mean dormancy for most fruit trees, but with these steps, you can prepare them for cold snaps so they can bounce back in spring.

Except for a few varieties, and only in certain favoured sites, fig trees in our current climate ripen only the first (breba) ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! Cool and crisp fall weather is here. What a slide in temperatures from 82 ...

Timing is important with bare root plants. They should be planted soon after arriving and never left to dry out. Once in the ground, watering is essential to settle the soil around the roots, even if ...

Here are the questions to help you settle on what you like, what fits your lifestyle and what issues you hope to resolve — and 6 common mistakes to avoid ...