Unlike garden beds with spring flowers or vegetable patches, fruit trees should not be given slow-release fertilizers or compost before winter. Unless soil test results suggest otherwise, fertilizing ...

Once the last apples are harvested and the ladders are put away, it seems the work in the orchard is done. But now is the ...

Growing your own fruit trees can be extremely rewarding, but it won't like turn out the way you hope when it comes to apple ...

Apples should be ready to harvest and dropping off the branches in early autumn, but gardeners need to be aware that these ...

Q. My 20-something-old redbud tree has developed lichens on the trunk, which is a first. Do I have a problem and is there anything I should do? I have another one in the yard which doesn’t have this ...

Pruning an apple tree can seem like a daunting task if you have never done it before. Like most other skills, you start out slowly learning the basics to help build confidence. Then once the basic ...