Planting fruit trees can bring a bountiful harvest to your yard. You can pick your own apples, peaches, pears, oranges, figs, ...

Growing fruit in a backyard or home orchard can be rewarding or can be very frustrating, depending on disease and insect pests that may be present. While it is tempting to plant fruit trees and not ...

Growing a pear tree gives you sweet fruit and year-round beauty with very little maintenance required. For success, choose the right variety for your climate, plant in full sun, and water deeply each ...

Pears are one of the most popular fruit trees to grow around the world and growing a pear tree in your garden allows you to harvest juicy and sweet fruits that surpass any you will find in grocery ...

CORVALLIS – Just when you’re ready for a long winter’s nap, it’s time to tend your fruit trees. If you don’t, chances are they’ll struggle in the coming season. Giving them attention now helps ward ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! It is hard to believe this is the last week of April. Hopefully, most of the cold weather is behind us as we experienced two very chilling nights this week ...

Recently, a reader wrote to the Centre Daily Times that their neighbor experienced several flat tires on his farm machinery this summer while making hay in fields around his Boalsburg farm.

SEYMOUR, Tenn. — They’re a nuisance during the spring across East Tennessee and they're known for their pungent scent. It's not a bug — instead, Bradford pear trees have continually been the focus of ...

You don’t need a sprawling orchard or years of gardening experience to grow certain types of fruit trees. Many of the most ...