We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. As temperatures dip, your fruit tree is shifting gears, slowing top growth and prepping its roots and buds for dormancy. Fall is when you set ...

Growing a pear tree gives you sweet fruit and year-round beauty with very little maintenance required. For success, choose the right variety for your climate, plant in full sun, and water deeply each ...

Close-up of an individual planting and staking a bare root pear tree in a hole in a garden. - Paulmaguire/Getty Images While you may be busy trying to make the most of your autumn garden, the fall ...

Joseph Seago talks about warm-season lawn care in the fall and Mr. D. discusses fall fruit tree care This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, UT Extension Commercial Horticulture ...

Fruit trees can withstand some of the harsh winter weather, but to be sure your trees are happy and productive next year, ...

The arrival of fall means your yard is suddenly full of leaves. Instead of bagging them up, you can put those leaves to work in your garden. Composting fall leaves is a practical way to tidy up your ...

With all the summer storms, high winds and excess rain, there are many reports of uprooted and dying trees, along with multiple branches being tossed around on the ground, giving us an ever-changing ...

Clear out spent vegetable beds, then lightly turn the soil, incorporating compost, well-rotted manure and, if indicated by a low pH test result, lime. The amendments will work their way deeply into ...

Are you surrounded by a yard full of leaves every fall? Whether they are yours or the ones that your neighbor’s tree has graciously donated to you, recycling leaves at home can be to your advantage.