Fall is typically known as harvest season, but you can plant plenty of fruit trees in your backyard during this season.

Among the most popular and familiar fruit trees for home gardeners are apple and pear trees. Proper pruning and disease management are very important even for just one or two trees. Apple and pear ...

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No matter when you choose to eat them, pears offer a wealth of health benefits. A standout one is that "pears are one of the highest-fiber fruits you can eat," says Young. Indeed, just one medium pear ...

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 ...

From plans for spring harvest to spacing tips to planting basics, there’s a steady stream of tasks to do and things to look ...

When it comes to fiber, pears beat out apples, offering about 23% more fiber on average. That said, both fruits are packed ...

You’ve done it—you planted your fruit trees, nurtured them through spring blossoms, and watched them proudly bear fruit ...

Sanitary pruning is okay to do during the fall months; Vasylchyshyna recommends only removing dry, damaged, or dead branches.

1 Institute of Fruit and Floriculture Research, Gansu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu, China 2 Jiangsu provincial key lab for solid organic waste utilization, Key lab of organic-based ...

As your summer garden starts to fade, it’s a good time to start planning for next year’s harvest, so why not try something new? Imagine the kinds of fruit you ...