With more than 17 million apple trees covering 38,000 acres, Michigan ranks second in the nation for apple producers according to michiganapples.com. The fluctuating spring temperatures can cause ...
Prune now for healthier growth, better structure and bigger harvests later in the season ...
After gaining popularity in the U.S. West, the Walbridge apple had all but disappeared in the past century – until last fall.
Watering is critical; apply about five gallons of water to each tree after planting. Bare-root fruit trees had about one quarter of their root system removed when the tree was dug. To compensate, ...
AND HOW TO DO IT. WITH A HANDSAW AND A CAREFUL CUT, THIS CAN BE PRIME TIME FOR PRUNING. SO I’LL TAKE THIS BACK AT THE ARNOLD ARBORETUM IN BOSTON. HORTICULTURISTS ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF A NARROW ...
Gardener pruning fruit trees in orchard - South_agency/Getty Images March is an exciting time of year. It marks the imminent arrival of spring with warmer temperatures reviving greenery and bringing ...
What’s the hardest thing, psychologically, for normally reasonable gardeners to do? For decades I have extolled folks to adopt some very straightforward and rewarding horticultural practices which, on ...
A stabbing left one man dead Sunday at the Apple Tree Inn in north Spokane. Spokane Police responded to the motel, 9508 N. Division St., around 12:50 p.m. to reports of screaming coming from a room, ...
Cooperative Extension is hosting a Free Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop with N.C. State Fruit Tree Specialist, Dr. Mike Parker, from 9-11 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 25. The workshop will take place at Ramsey ...
The Righetti FFA are the state champions after competing in the finals for fruit tree pruning at Fresno State University last week. The team consists of Evelyn Pera (4th high individual), Aaron Davila ...
The beginning of February means it is time to consider the big hack job or to simply get snippy with some of your trees, shrubs and perennials. To prune or not to prune, that is the question. The ...
It happened again! I just read it in the paper this time in Framingham! How many times do we have to read that a person was injured or killed from a dead tree falling on their car while driving ...