Pruning apple trees encourages growth and reduces the risk of disease. Prune apple trees in late winter or early spring to ...

Urban gardens tend to be small, making it tricky to find the room for an orchard. However, there's one fruit tree variety ...

I love a flowering tree, but it’s tricky to know what to look for when space is limited. So, I decided to pull together a list of the best flowering trees for small gardens. Even if you’ve got a ...

Cold snaps are creeping in, orchards hang heavy, and households face a choice: pick now, or gamble for richer flavour. This season, a once-forgotten ...

Olive trees need full sun, which is considered 6 or more hours of direct sunlight per day. They grow well indoors in a bright ...

Trees are, or soon will be, losing their leaves. That will make their trunks all the more visible. That’s when you’ll begin ...

The Bay Area is entering a weak La Niña winter, which typically means a drier-than-average season. However, the National ...

“A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.” St. Basil I don’t think that the “good ...

My father always said that Oct. 10 was the precise day when the Florida air shifted ever so slightly with a tease of fall. Every year on that day, he’d lay some wood in the fireplace and strike a ...

Have you heard the phrase “extending an olive branch”? It means making a peace-offer to end hostilities. This is because the olive has long been a symbol of peace in many western cultures. In fact, if ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. The old tree had survived plenty. Branches tangled in power lines. Dogs ...