Pruning fruit trees helps maintain size and shape, and it's the best way to control your crop. Here's when to prune fruit trees by season and type of tree.

WOODLAND — Yolo County residents can learn the basics of fruit-tree care, interactive class led by UC Master Gardener Bonnie ...

Start your trees off right with the best method for preparing soil for fruit trees. Tree trunk wrap, stakes, and mulch also help to establish healthy trees. Once you’ve invested in new fruit trees, ...

THE WEATHER PATTERN on the North Olympic Peninsula has definitely been interesting this year. We have gone from freezing temperatures in March to record-high temperatures to days of rain, clouds and ...

Growing your own fruits and vegetables can bring you a sense of pride and peace of mind in knowing exactly where your produce originates. Fruit trees in particular add to the landscape of your home ...

No garden? You can still grow your own delicious fruit—just pick cultivars suitable for growing indoors. These are the ones ...

In the home landscape, fruit trees probably provide the biggest spectacle; beautiful, fragrant spring blossoms followed by an abundance of summer and fall fruit. I have often asked, why is it we do ...

Let's be honest: Growing and maintaining thriving trees and landscaping isn't always a breeze when you live in a coastal area. Coastal climates can be especially hard for tree growth due to several ...

When our fruit trees go into dormancy, building their reserves for spring bloom and summer harvest, it’s time to show them some love and care. Janet Caprile, UC Cooperative Extension’s Farm Advisor, ...

Growing fruit trees in containers gives you flexibility to control sunlight, size, and damaging weather. Try growing one of these fruit trees in pots.

Whether we like it or not, the global pandemic caused by COVID-19 has made some significant changes in our way of life. Many of us have endured stay-at-home orders, and as such, found ourselves with ...

Looking to plant something unusual, easy to grow and exotically delicious? Let me introduce you to Asimina triloba, the pawpaw tree. Also known as Hoosier banana, poor man’s banana and false banana, ...