It is sometimes called a red date or Chinese date, even though it contains seeds instead of a pit as a date would. The jujube ...

The trees grow quickly—up to 5 feet every year—so you can expect to block out curious eyes within a few seasons. Remember, though, fast-growing privacy trees require more maintenance ...

To ensure a productive tree, nurseries attach part of one tree to another recommended for growing fruit. This is called grafting, allowing you to benefit from the healthy rootstock of one tree and ...

Q: I am planning a permaculture garden on my half-acre lot. I know it’s best to plant fruit trees first. Which fruit trees fare best in this region? I would love apple, peach, plum, cherry and ...

Jujube (Chinese red date) is a red Southeast Asian fruit known for its sweet taste and health benefits. It contains vitamin C ...

Once peaches and nectarines could only be cultivated in greenhouses but new dwarf trees have been bred which are ideal for growing on a warm, sunny patio. We show you how to grow your own peaches.

My Deepavali prayer each year has been ‘May our land be blessed, may our lives be blessed’. And we have good reason to be ...

"They could do the same with forest management." Fay and Holm started their walk at the southern end of the forest, where the trees grow in scattered holdings and groves in the Santa Lucia Range ...

While spring may naturally take the spotlight as the premier planting season, fall presents an equally important opportunity ...

A: Three times each week is how often we should apply water to trees and shrubs during the summer, not in the fall when it’s ...

We hold trees in our imagination, where they grow in strange, wonderful ways in forests inhabited by fantasy and also by our fears. In fable and legend, a forest shelters spirits, witches ...

Live trees can be sustainably farmed and harvested, they absorb carbon while growing, and they provide some measure of wildlife habitat. Although live-tree farms do contribute to the consequences ...