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

Rooting tip cuttings from parent plants is a way to produce new plants that are copies of the parent. It's fairly easy to do ...

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.

Watering fruit trees correctly helps them grow strong roots, produce better fruit, and survive changing seasons. As ...

Learn how to know when to pick apples and enjoy perfectly flavored fruit ready for eating, cooking or making into cider.

If you’ve ever been curious about growing figs in your backyard, preserving the harvest, or even learning how to start your ...

‘Mulberry trees need full sun exposure for at least six to eight hours daily,’ explains Tammy Sons, horticulturist and CEO of ...

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 ...

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

Fruit trees, whether it's apples, pears, figs, or nectarines, are wonderful to grow for a surplus of your favorite fruit when it's harvest time. Growing fruit trees requires space, time, and proper ...

Fall is an excellent time to plant a tree. The soils are still warm, allowing the root system to begin to spread out. It also ...

Despite federal roadblocks, an ambitious agroforestry program is feeding people, cleaning the air, and helping offset climate ...