Most spring bloomers thrive in full sun, well-drained soil enriched with compost, and steady moisture during germination. Get ...

It’s almost spring, and it’s time to start thinking about gardening season! Consider these tips to help you prepare. Included ...

MANY of you will have heat mats, propagation sets and windowsills heaving with seedlings ready to pot on. But if you’re more a “get it straight in the ground” kind of gardener, there’s lots you ...

Homegrown fruit from the best fruit plants are crammed with goodness, have a low carbon footprint and taste delicious ...

A gardening expert urged fellow gardeners to prepare their deciduous plants now to get them ready for spring blooms.

Pruning cuts should be made close to the branch collar and not flush against the trunk. These are “thinning cuts” and the entire branch is removed from the tree. “Heading cuts” will remove only one ...

Early Spring Spring has come to parts of Central Oregon. Very early. The warm winter has already caused several of the trees ...

Proper pruning will help develop a branch framework that makes harvesting fruit easier to pick and improve the quantity and quality of fruit.

When you are looking to have the earliest ripe tomatoes on your block, early planting is important. On the south shore, ...

The beauty of shrub and tree branches appears when leaves are absent. Take advantage of this time to prune woody plants to prevent crossing and rubbing branches, thin out dense growth, correct ...

BEDDES: “It’s actually time to prune apples and pears, especially with the warmer weather. The reason you prune apples and pears now and not in another six weeks is that pruning when its in February ...