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

With the right variety, location, and care, you can successfully grow and harvest delicious cherries in your backyard. Cherry trees offer beauty in every season, support local wildlife, and reward you ...

With the challenges to growing citrus that citrus greening presents, I have been looking for alternative low-maintenance fruit options for folks to try in their dooryard settings. I recently came ...

It’s that time of year when deciduous trees are putting on their leaves, while the oaks and pines are producing copious amounts of pollen. Live oaks are shedding leaves to put on new growth.

You’d be surprised how long some trees last…if properly maintained…and how soon the trees will start to produce.

Did your fruit tree not produce much fruit this year? Let’s look into why this might occur. For the home gardener, the No. 1 reason for failure of trees to bear fruit is improper tree vigor. Over ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. The black cherry or Prunus serotina is a species in the subgenus Padus with ...

BELCHERTOWN – Jon M. Clements believes the tree felled in myth by George Washington could add diversity to some Western Massachusetts' farms as well as provide locavores with another locally grown ...

Southern California is often called a gardener’s paradise because we can grow an amazing variety of plants. It’s warm enough to grow many tropical and subtropical fruits such as citrus, avocado, guava ...