Growing your own peaches is easier than it seems.

Secateurs at the ready: March is the perfect month to prune back garden plants such as hydrangeas, rambling roses and a ...

Want fresh, delicious fruit? Plant these fast-growing fruit trees that grow well in Southern climates. Experts share what to know and why they're worth growing.

Knowing when to prune fruit bushes can be challenging. Doing it at the wrong time of year may mean the difference between a pitiful harvest and a bountiful one.

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 ...

Pruning fruit trees is an art that only a few truly master, but there are some simple principles that anyone can learn.

I find that fruits and vegetables grown at home taste particularly good. Prune fruit trees in our area between late February and early March before the buds begin to swell. The branching habits are ...

What’s the hardest thing, psychologically, for normally reasonable gardeners to do? For decades I have extolled folks to ...

A citrus tree adds a flavorful and fashionable statement.

Pruning fruit trees improves sunlight penetration and boosts fruit production. By opening the center of the tree to sunlight, higher-quality fruits form. Pruning an apple tree starts when you first ...

While the rest of your garden is sleeping peacefully under a blanket of snow or damp leaf litter, February is the perfect time to do some outdoor yard work. Deciduous trees enter a period of dormancy ...

This week's gardening column explains when to prune roses, butterfly bushes, and walnut trees, plus the benefits of no-till gardening.