SHREVEPORT, La. - Louisiana’s climate can be a great environment for growing peach trees, but proper care and maintenance are crucial for a healthy and productive orchard. “The biggest thing for care ...

One of the more common questions I get at this time of year is when and how to prune various fruiting plants like peaches, blackberries, figs and blueberries. In general, now is an ideal time train ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Few things rival the delightful experience of biting into sweet peaches plucked off your backyard tree. Unfortunately, they aren't the easiest ...

President Lee Jae Myung (rear) learns how to prune a peach tree at a farm, run by youth farmers, in Sejong, central South ...

Productive fruit trees do not just happen. They result from good cultural practices including pruning, which is often overlooked. Here are some tips on pruning fruit and shade trees. March is a good ...

DEAR NEIL: I just took a look at my 6-year-old peach tree and did some research online about how I should be pruning it. Apparently there should be three branches spreading out evenly to allow the sun ...

Q. My peach trees struggled this year. The fruit set was very sparse, and the fruit that did make was inedible due to disease and bug holes. Can you provide some tips to hopefully prevent a repeat of ...

I don't usually write about growing fruit. Why? Well, for a while it almost seemed like growing fruit in the home garden had all but disappeared. Yes, there was the random call about growing apple or ...

Now is a great time to do some summer pruning to keep trees manageable in the home orchard. The flush of new growth can be brought down so you don’t share so much fruit with the birds next year. By ...

Whenever I hear a complaint about trees, I am reminded of our precarious relationship with them. As part of our immediate environment, we demand that trees should be as close to us as is physically ...