The way you prune a pear tree, and the time you do it, can significantly impact both the health of the tree and the amount of fruit you can expect to enjoy.

Police at the Vuelta a España have moved quickly to try remove a tree trunk felled and seemingly deliberately placed across the road during stage 16. What appears to be an act of sabotage, but has yet ...

Two young conservation workers rattle up on a motorbike and dismount at the edge of a coconut grove. Picking through husks, fallen fronds and stray plastic bottles, they scan the canopy, waiting in ...

The original, “Eat an apple on going to bed and you’ll keep the doctor from earning his bread,” came from Wales. It took a day before I could ask Pika about the origin of her saying. She had picked up ...

While Ramona doesn’t claim to be a gardener per se, she does do periodic pruning and hand watering. She had a drip irrigation system installed but she’s found that some of the plants benefit from some ...

CANACONA: An agitated widow, Hermes Pereira who is in her eighties, residing at Mashem in Canacona has been distressed as a coconut tree belonging to her neighbour crashed on her house bringing along ...

A fungal disease once confined to older palm trees in coastal areas is spreading across Malaysian palm plantations and appearing much earlier in growth cycles, threatening yields in newly replanted ...

Living in Nevada’s dry climate doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy lush greenery inside your home. Even in the smallest apartments, the right indoor plants can transform your space into a mini oasis. I’ve ...