The best time to plant a peach tree was 10 years ago, but the second-best time is today. Well, only if "today" is in the fall. Compared to other fruit trees, a peach tree can be delicate, so it's ...

Question: Our new peach tree, which is a few feet tall, has flowers present. Do I leave them to form fruits or pick them off? Answer: Why not enjoy the flowers, which are part of the beauty of adding ...

Q: Several years ago at the university orchard on Horse Drive, you gave us a list of five different peach trees to plant, each ripening at different times. We’ve enjoyed peaches from May through ...

A gray catbird stands in the grass with wildflowers alongside a dirt path. - Jean Landry/Shutterstock Attracting birds to your yard is not that difficult if you have the basics available — food, water ...

My wife and I have been out running errands. I’ve been looking at trees and a dozen thoughts I wanted to share with you have been ripping through my mind like that final spin of the wash cycle. I’ve ...

A small peach tree shows off its flowers for Gary Popp, superintendent of Lake View Memorial Gardens. The Fairview Heights cemetery has several kinds of flowering spring trees. Maureen Houston ...

Question: Our peach tree produced a good crop this year. When does it need pruning and what care is needed to continue good production? Answer: Congratulations on a great crop of fruit. Early-fruiting ...

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 ...

The month of March, at least in the minds of many Southern Californians, is when we officially enter the fabled Peak Bloom Zone, the sunny stretch when all sorts of specimens, of the cultivated and ...