The public is invited to of Fruit Trees for Every Garden on Sunday, Sept. 15, at 4 p.m. in the Hay Barn. Beautiful etchings by Stephanie Martin grace the beginning of each chapter. (Etching by ...

So you planted an apple tree a few years ago. You pruned it to a sturdy form with all the branches bathing, and fruit finally ...

We’re fortunate to live in California’s Central Valley — one of the most fertile agricultural regions in the country — and thus we have the ability to grow a huge variety of fruit- and nut-bearing ...

THE pruning of fruit trees is an operation that demands, on the part of the operator, first, an intimate knowledge of the natural habits of the particular trees, and, in the second place, considerable ...

If you’ve ever wrestled with an overgrown fruit tree, you know the struggle: branches reaching for the sky, fruit hiding in a tangled mess and those pesky suckers popping up everywhere. But don’t ...

Growing our own backyard produce is one of America’s most popular pastimes, one of the most rewarding and sometimes among the most frustrating. Good fruit production relies heavily on pollinators ...

Q: I have been reading an old book about pruning fruit trees and I need a question answered. The author says to prune some trees to what’s called a central leader and other fruit trees to an open ...

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I love to prune. To me, it's a way of creating sculpture - a tree, well pruned, is a thing of beauty. I recently taught a homeowner how to prune his apple tree. It's easy enough to do if you have the ...

We are lucky this March: no deep snow to keep us from approaching our fruit trees, ladder and clippers in hand. Some years we still have thigh-deep snow in March, which is the traditional time to ...

Author and fruit tree expert Ann Ralph will be at The Avid Reader, 617 Second St. in Davis, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 23, to discuss her new book, “Grow a Little Fruit Tree.” More food gardeners are ...

Step into the world of flower pressing with longtime gardener Jan Lochner in a hands-on, make-and-take workshop Feb. 1 at the Laguna Environmental Center. Lochner will walk you through the simple, yet ...