To encourage excellent fruit production year after year, it's important to prune your fruit trees. A neglected fruit tree can start to grow out of control and provide fruit of poor quality. The best ...

What causes trees to bud break this time of year? The first reason is due to the photoperiod. Trees bud when daylight gets ...

Usually in winter, in places where snow falls and the ground freezes, there aren't too many chores to be done in the garden. Because I work as a professional gardener in the Northeast, my seasonal ...

Once you're sure there are no more freezes in sight, you have a laundry list of plants to prune so that they flower and regrow beautifully in spring.

Deciding when to plant a fruit tree depends on several factors. The ideal planting time for bare-root trees is different from the planting time for container-grown trees. The type of fruit tree, as ...

Researchers at UBC Okanagan are working to learn more about how sweet cherry trees naturally protect their buds from freezing during cold winter months. This is critical for fruit trees because these ...

Garden pests are waiting for the growing season just as eagerly as the gardeners are. Watch for snails and slugs: It can be time to put out the slug bait as they start hatching. Aphids will be out ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you're a gardener who loves welcoming feathered visitors to your outdoor space, you may know there are many different steps you ...

Learn which trees and shrubs you should not prune in spring—and when to trim dogwood, lilac, azalea, forsythia, and more.