Planting an apple tree is a delightful journey that not only enhances the beauty of your landscape but also provides the joy of homegrown fruit. With the proper care and conditions, an apple tree can ...

“All major fruit tree species tend to do better with spring planting,” Slack says. But it’s important to work around frost ...

Considering buying a bare root fruit tree? Here's all your bare root answers, plus tips on planting. Considering buying a bare root fruit tree but aren’t quite sure? Here’s all your bare root answers: ...

If you think you don't have space to grow a fruit tree it's time to think again. Now you can get a great choice of easy and reliable small and dwarf varieties of fruit trees in bare root form that ...

When I was a less experienced gardener, I was intimidated by bare-root fruit trees. Piles of sticks bedded down in sawdust would show up in the nurseries at the new year, and I would watch serious and ...

Winter is here, but gardening questions keep coming in to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension Service. OSU Extension faculty and Master Gardeners ...

Growing apples and pears in your backyard is not as simple as just digging hole, plopping in a tree and waiting for the bounty. Contra Costa Master Gardener Darlene DeRosa says you need to do research ...

The secret to growing apples and pears is to do your homework before you plant, says Contra Costa Master Gardener Darlene DeRose. For success, DeRose says, you need to consider your climate, your soil ...

This week, I decided to try air layering a very old apple tree. I’m not sure what variety it is, but the fruit is delicious. Air layering is an age-old process of propagating plants that involves ...

Alleeah Black, front, Aleigha Hall, center, and Harmony Ellerson do a final check and dirt patting. (Photo by Nancy Taylor) MARIETTA — A tree grows in Harmar. It’s not the only one, of course. But ...