Among the most popular and familiar fruit trees for home gardeners are apple and pear trees. Proper pruning and disease management are very important even for just one or two trees. Apple and pear ...

Most trees require grafting for propagation, but there's another option that you can more easily propagate from cuttings for ...

They sneak into your roof cavity, pushing aside cladding to allow rats, mice and possums entrance, as well as wind-blown rain ...

Pomegranate trees flourish in well-draining loamy soils with a pH between 5.5 and 7.0, which is slightly acidic to neutral. However, this fruit tree is adaptable to a wide range of soil types, ...

As your summer garden starts to fade, it’s a good time to start planning for next year’s harvest, so why not try something new? Imagine the kinds of fruit you ...

Colombo, Sept. 26 (Daily Mirror) - The root systems of trees along Colombo’s roads do not allow them to grow properly, and the cutting of roots for development projects has created risks to the main ...

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

Growing a pear tree gives you sweet fruit and year-round beauty with very little maintenance required. For success, choose the right variety for your climate, plant in full sun, and water deeply each ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — A Greensboro family is cleaning up after storms snapped a pear tree that had stood in their yard for nearly 30 years. Eileen Kohlenberg said she was inside when the tree cracked and ...

One of Justin's favorite things to do as Fall approaches is to harvest pears and can them. In the backyard behind his house is an old enormous pear tree. It will usually produce thousands of pears in ...

How you plan to use a pear in a recipe determines whether you need to slice, chop, or core it. Store ripe pears in the refrigerator for up to five days, and always wash and dry pears before cutting.