Many people feel that fruit tree pruning is too complex a task to be done by amateurs, but when we amateurs learn a few basic concepts, we can keep our fruit trees healthy, well-shaped and bearing ...

Yolo County residents are invited to learn the basics of fruit tree care in an interactive class led by UC Master Gardener Bonnie Berman on Saturday, Jan. 31, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Health ...

Fruit trees provide us with a bounty of fresh food and need only a little care. Four things are needed to keep your fruit trees healthy and productive: proper irrigation, fertilization, pest control ...

Sure, unpruned fruit trees can still produce a crop. But knowing how to prune fruit trees properly helps them be more productive and the fruit will be easier to harvest. This guide explains the ...

Columnist Robin Trott talks about why winter pruning works on certain trees and shrubs and why it doesn't on some flowers.

WOODLAND — Yolo County residents can learn the basics of fruit-tree care, interactive class led by UC Master Gardener Bonnie ...

Events are free unless noted. Please email calendar submissions at least three weeks in advance to [email protected]. ONGOING Environmental Learning Center Wildlife & Water-friendly Garden Series: ...

Learn how and when to plant fruit trees in your home garden—and how to maintain them for the optimal yield After the decisions of where and what kind of tree to plant, deciding when to plant is much ...

Summer pruning can reduce tree height and overall size making harvesting easier, improve fruit size next year and make dormant season pruning next winter much easier. GARY KAZANJIAN Fresno Bee file ...

Certified arborist Rick Wheeler stands beneath a persimmon tree in a Torrance backyard and surveys the bare branches. Then he raises his shears and carefully starts snipping. He spots a crossing ...

As the calendar turns to spring with its lengthening days of warm sunshine, flowers begin to appear on fruit trees across Yakima Valley orchards. Early apricot blossoms are emerging in the Lower ...