Their hearts are in the right place. As for their heads, well that’s something else altogether. A couple of months ago, District 5 Councilor Etel Haxhiaj said that she was leading the charge for “team ...

Fruit trees may not produce fruit due to improper tree vigor, often caused by over-fertilization or excessive pruning. Frost damage can prevent fruit set, even if flowers open; choose later-blooming ...

Growing tree fruit is rewarding. Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oneida County's Horticultural Hotline receives many calls about tree fruit problems. Growing tree fruit is rewarding. However, it's ...

Q: I am having a very difficult time finding someone to prune my fruit trees the way you recommend. I am older and no longer able to direct a novice (which has failed), much less do it myself. The ...

In response to a recent column on fruit trees, Mike Davison, who gardens in Toluca Lake, emailed as follows: “I would love to plant a few fruit trees and have in the past (peach, apple, avocado) but ...

About 20 years ago, my husband and I bought a house with a yard full of tall live oaks and a little fig tree by the driveway. “The kid who lived here stuck a cutting from my tree in the ground when I ...