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If you look forward to harvesting fruit from your own apple trees to make jams, pies, and jars of apple butter, the first step is ensuring you have healthy trees. Set your apple trees up for a ...

Knowing how and when to prune apple trees will help you harvest more fruit. Plus, regular pruning produces sweeter, more ...

Fruit trees are some of the best plants that you can grow in your yard. They're beautiful, offer some much-needed shade in summer, and they feed you. Even beginning gardeners can grow fruit trees in ...

You can grow apples in Southern California, but you must select low-chill varieties. Trees should be labeled with the chill ...

Trees across Michigan are just wrapping up their display of fall color, with the reds, oranges and yellows of oak trees often taking center stage. That annual autumn color fest may be at risk, though, ...

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, CO2 Foundation, Jim ...

A large tree blocks a Palo Alto street after a wind storm. Courtesy Carol Hubenthal. Welcome to our tree column, “Ask your local arborist.” Each month, arborists from the Davey Tree Expert Company in ...

This unexpected pie from Jessica B. Harris layers a combination of tart apples and sweet pineapple in a tender crust for a tropical twist on a classic dessert. Tart apples are matched with fresh ...

The late Bill Neal was a chef and restaurateur who was instrumental in sharing the culinary importance of the American South through his Chapel Hill, North Carolina, restaurants — La Residence and ...