Dear Tom I moved to a new home this year which has a sloping garden with heavy clay soil. I would like to introduce some ...

Q: I am planning a permaculture garden on my half-acre lot. I know it’s best to plant fruit trees first. Which fruit trees fare best in this region? I would love apple, peach, plum, cherry and ...

Pruning is essential for boosting fruit tree productivity and health. It enhances air circulation, reduces disease, and ...

Tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera), a cousin of the magnolia, is absolutely stunning in spring when it’s fragrant, ...

While spring may naturally take the spotlight as the premier planting season, fall presents an equally important opportunity ...

The Southern red cedar is a wonderful evergreen tree that provides both berries (if it’s a female tree) and cover for birds ...

When watering trees, instead of applying water only to the base of the trunk, be sure to extend the watering out beyond the ...

Red mulberry trees: A very fast-growing exotic species, red mulberry trees produce its fruit on female trees. They grow to 35 feet tall and with the help of the birds that love its fruit are a ...

Pruning apple trees has many benefits. It can prevent damaged tree limbs from harming other branches and increase airflow ...

When light conditions rapidly change, our eyes have to respond to this change in fractions of a second to maintain stable ...

ICAN Housing began its Urban Accents initiative, planting 3 mature maple trees at the pocket park at Sixth Street and Walnut ...

Fruit trees. Fall is the best season to plant deciduous trees (trees ... You can grow Mexican flame vine in sun or partial shade. In Loren Zeldin’s Reseda garden, I once saw a Mexican flame vine that ...