Planting fruit trees can bring a bountiful harvest to your yard. You can pick your own apples, peaches, pears, oranges, figs, and more. Not only can you enjoy delicious fruit picked at the peak of ...

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 ...

Q. I have several fruit trees on my property. My pear tree had a fungal disease last year. Is there something I can do now to prevent problems from happening again this season? -- Peter, Barryville A.

Hoosier homeowners should be on the lookout for fire blight in pear trees — a disease that, left untreated, can kill the trees. The fire blight, so named because it turns leaves dark brown or black, ...

Unlike garden beds with spring flowers or vegetable patches, fruit trees should not be given slow-release fertilizers or compost before winter. Unless soil test results suggest otherwise, fertilizing ...

Fall is fast approaching, but gardening season isn’t over yet. We’re still getting plenty of questions to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension ...

Gardeners who have apple or pear trees are being urged to inspect them this January for a potentially lethal disease. Alan Buckingham, author of Allotment Month By Month, suggests in his book's ...

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Farmers are advised to plant the seedlings in well-drained soil because water logged soils can cause rot to the young seedlings. Bare rooted pears can be planted at the onset of the rainy season and ...