As winter wanes and the promise of spring approaches, February emerges as a crucial month for gardeners eager to prepare ...

Find out which plants you should prune in February—and which to leave alone—to encourage healthier growth and better blooms ...

All fruit trees must be pruned and trained to enhance fruit production, as the way the tree is shaped will impact fruit yield ...

Fruits bring year-round interest to your garden as well as a sense of achievement gained by growing and harvesting your own ...

The old adage is that “if it blooms in the late summer or fall, you dig and divide it in late winter or very early spring.” ...

There is a specific kind of magic that happens when you pluck a sun-warmed peach or a crisp apple directly from a tree you ...

DANVILLE — Just because you don't see fruit growing in the winter, that doesn't mean work stops around the orchard. Calvin ...

In this video, I prune our peach trees and mulch up all the fruit to stop pests (fruit fly) from infesting the orchard. Self Sufficient Me is based on our small 3-acre property/homestead in se ...

A guide to when and how to prune fan-trained fruit trees for healthy trees and bumper crops, including tips for training trees and pruning established trees.

Pruning is my favorite gardening task by far, and the winter dormant season is a great time to prune trees and shrubs. You ...

Extension Master Gardeners, horticulturalist volunteers, will present a free two-part workshop, ‘Sharpen Your Pruning Skills’, at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 7, in Fairmont. The workshop will include ...

The first time I saw an espaliered peach tree spread-eagled against a brick wall, I was shocked. The branches had been pinioned in place and forced to adhere to an arbitrary growth habit that seemed ...