From plans for spring harvest to spacing tips to planting basics, there’s a steady stream of tasks to do and things to look ...

Invasives: The fast growing Callery and Bradford pear trees might be beautiful, but they wreak havoc on local ecosystems.

Pear trees require fertilizer when they are young and when the soil lacks essential nutrients. For young trees, a balanced ...

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.

In the early part of the 20th century, the American chestnut was ravaged by an invasive fungus that arrived from Asia. That fungus made the American chestnut functionally extinct, and although some ...

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NESTLED IN A sheltered valley, cutting through Central Washington’s high desert hills, wild and home for deer, bears and cougars, is a lush, green landscape. A strip of well-ordered trees, arranged ...

Many gardeners understand the ecological importance of native plants, which are those plants that occur naturally in a geographic area, and have evolved over thousands of years, shaped by local ...

In the Rocky Mountain West, mountains are-well, just about everywhere. But sitting at the foot of and hiding in the valleys between the soaring peaks of America’s craggy spine are also numerous small ...

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