Fruit trees, whether it's apples, pears, figs, or nectarines, are wonderful to grow for a surplus of your favorite fruit when ...

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 ...

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. Related Articles These flowers ...

Knowing a tree’s species is key to understanding their proper growing conditions, how to prune them and what insect and ...

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 ...

Pawpaws are so complex, their common names show their range as a native, yet surprisingly tropical, fruit. As summer fades into fall, it’s prime time for pawpaws in Lancaster County and beyond. Eric ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Removing the dead and injured bark from around the wound with a sharp knife ...

Scientists have found that a single tree can be home to a trillion microbial cells — an invisible ecosystem that is only beginning to be understood. A black oak in the Yale-Myers Forest of northern ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Leaves are the food factories of the tree. Powered by sunlight, the green ...