The quiet weeks before winter hide a decisive window for home orchards, when small actions can transform next year’s baskets. Across the country, ...

Just because you have a small yard doesn't mean you need to miss out on growing your own fruit. These trees are bred to ...

Allotments hum with quiet urgency each autumn, as a narrow slice of days decides whose plants surge and whose stall. Across ...

He spends a lot of time in the fresh air, where crepe myrtles, Asian pear, plum, and magnolia trees provide strategic shade and birds ... noting that the weeding, pruning, and harvesting consume as ...

Trees and shrubs are some of the most valuable parts of our yards and orchards. If you have a terrific shade tree, cherish it ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Defining the characteristics of individual leaves is part of tree morphology, ...