Staking prevents the root ball from shifting and incurring damage while the tree acclimates to its surroundings. To reap the ...

A carefully designed edible landscape filled with fruit trees, berry bushes, herbs, and perennial vegetables can make a dent ...

Cool month is ideal for adding bare root deciduous fruit trees, vines, roses and shrubs — and harvesting citrus ...

Growing a lemon tree indoors lets you enjoy fresh citrus year-round, even without outdoor space or a warm climate. Choose compact varieties like Meyer or Ponderosa lemons, which stay small but still ...

In a year of both upheaval and hope for our planet, here are a few of the highs and lows of humanity’s effect this year.

On a sunny afternoon in Thimphu, the difference is easy to feel. Step off a shaded, tree-lined footpath onto a wide asphalt ...

I stood before the Christmas tree, the time-honored family tradition about to happen. The kids--pretty much all adults now minus our 11-year-old--were still sleeping off the Christmas dinner, the ...

New gardeners will quickly determine that Marin lies within the familiar USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 9b/10a. This is helpful, ...

The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension system, serving our ...

Propagation is the best way to get fruit trees that yield good fruit and resist disease. Learn three ways to propagate fruit ...

A long-term experiment reveals tropical forests in Panama are able to adapt to droughts, but scientists warn this short-term ...

Forget the pharmacy, sometimes the best medicine really does grow on trees. Research shows that when a city’s tree canopy coverage reaches 30 percent of the ground area, residents quite ...