Their hearts are in the right place. As for their heads, well that’s something else altogether. A couple of months ago, District 5 Councilor Etel Haxhiaj said that she was leading the charge for “team ...

Over a decade ago, Westside Food Bank board member and past President Bruce Rosen came up with a simple idea to replace floral displays and centerpieces with beautiful fresh fruit displays that could ...

Growing tree fruit is rewarding. Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oneida County's Horticultural Hotline receives many calls about tree fruit problems. Growing tree fruit is rewarding. However, it's ...

Picture yourself harvesting a few fresh strawberries for your cereal in the morning or perhaps picking a few apples from your own backyard tree to cook up into a pie. It is possible, even if you ...

As the garden season quietens down, there is still the opportunity to plant small trees and shrubs. The cool temperatures of last week, which came very close to a frost in my garden, caused damage on ...

Columns share an author’s personal perspective. I grew up in central Texas with huge pecan trees that shaded our house in summer. When the leaves fell in fall they left behind bare branches bearing ...

Loquats recall an era when they — not avocados or oranges — were the marquee crop, a sign that Southern California was a subtropical paradise. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times) My wife and I sped ...

Dogwood trees are well-noted for their seasonal display of showy spring blooms and fall color. However, these trees have a dual purpose of not only providing blooms and fall color but also an ...

We can employ many tricks to grow more fruit in less space. One key strategy that is very useful to understand is growing fruits as cordons in small spaces. Though each cordon fruit tree and fruiting ...