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

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

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.

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 ...

The original, “Eat an apple on going to bed and you’ll keep the doctor from earning his bread,” came from Wales. It took a ...

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 ...

SOMETIMES an outside space comes on your radar that is so different, unusual and beautiful, that you just have to share it.

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 ...

OCTOBER heralds the start of autumn and the start of the big garden tidy up getting plants and containers ready for winter.