Fruit trees, whether it's apples, pears, figs, or nectarines, are wonderful to grow for a surplus of your favorite fruit when it's harvest time. Growing fruit trees requires space, time, and proper ...

If you're growing fruit, then you know that fall cleanup hasn't really started until you begin to winterize your trees. Once the leaves begin to drop, along with the temperatures, putting your fruit ...

Winter fruit tree pruning starts as soon as leaves drop from the trees. It’s easier to see the branching structure of the tree — I call it the tree’s “architecture” — after the leaves are gone. This ...

Five vital jobs for healthier citrus trees and juicy fruits ...

Temperatures turned cold this past week. Historically, we still have about three or four more weeks of warm weather so it probably will get warm again soon. But if you plant vegetables from seed, ...

Q: My peach, pluot and plum trees were blooming beautifully right before the heat wave this month (we reached 100 degrees for ...

If you have fruit trees, now’s the time to be on the lookout for codling moths. This is the time of year — mid-March to early April — when the adult codling moth, a little grayish-brown lepidopteran, ...

Nalani Vaughn, owner of Fruitmommy Organic Solutions, watched as her crew of experienced pruners removed deadwood and branches from the grove of 15 mature navel and Valencia orange trees, survivors of ...

Finally, the major damage to the leaves on your lemon tree appears to be the result of grasshoppers or katydids. These ...