Strawberries are one of the best parts of summer, but are not easy to grow at home. But one woman takes on the challenge with ...

While most pruning work is done in the dormant season, these plants rely on a mid-summer trim to keep them healthy and ensure ...

We saw die-back in trees coming out of winter. In some cases, it is environmental stress from drought stress and winter ...

Strawberry guava is a hardy, nutrient-rich fruit ideal for sustainable farming and niche markets. Easy to grow and versatile ...

I am a certified fig fanatic, hosting 15 named containerized varietals in my backyard and anticipating my first harvest by ...

When you prune, focus on dead, diseased, or damaged branches. These parts of the tree weaken its health. Removing dead or damaged areas redirects energy toward live and thriving parts of the tree, ...

Pruning an apple tree can seem like a daunting task if you have never done it before. Like most other skills, you start out slowly learning the basics to help build confidence.

If left to their own devices, most apple trees grow into large, globe-shaped trees, with the best fruit forming on the tree’s outer perimeter, high above convenient apple-picking height.

After you bring home peach trees from the nursery, you should prune them to a single stem that’s about 3 feet tall. You may have to cut off a good bit of growth to achieve this, but that’s OK ...

Below is Polozola’s advice on pruning and training the shape of some common fruit trees as well as pecans, which we usually think of as nuts but actually are drupes, a type of fruit. Peach ...