With winter coming, it's important to keep your fruit trees healthy. Luckily, there are some things you can do in the fall to ...

October can be the perfect time to propagate your fig tree because the cuttings will have time to develop roots before the ...

Fall is typically known as harvest season, but you can plant plenty of fruit trees in your backyard during this season.

Lisa Taylor Saskatchewan I remember the first time I tried a fresh fig from the grocery store. I was intrigued by its unique ...

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It’s been a good year for pumpkins – so good I've spotted a lot of gardeners wondering how to harvest their pumpkins already. I spoke to one or two National Trust gardeners to figure out the very best ...

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 ...

Southampton City Council is currently considering a series of planning applications relating to tree works across the city. The proposals include requests to prune, reduce, or remove a variety of ...

Most backyard pear trees never reach their true potential, not because of poor soil or lack of sunshine, but because of neglect with the shears. Without intervention, branches crowd together, blocking ...

Most people know hibiscus as a shrub bursting with bright flowers, but fewer realize it can be shaped into a small, ornamental tree. The secret isn't some rare variety or special fertilizer. All your ...

When LAist senior editor Suzanne Levy discovered there was a fig tree in her new backyard, she was thrilled. She didn't realize she'd be sharing its bounty with a tenacious sweet-toothed squirrel. The ...