Tribune Happy New Year! My New Year’s wish is for nice, slow, soaking rainfalls to help our new plants establish and our established plants thrive. What’s your garden ...

Are you planting trees for a fruit orchard, shade, or privacy? If you are, you'll face an inevitable dilemma when buying the saplings: whether to buy bare-root or potted trees. At a glance ...

Not all trees have the same care requirements, and that's especially true for fruit trees. To get the most bountiful yield, ...

such as hydrating the roots, ensuring the hole is large enough, and watering them in really well. Planting bare-rooted hedges and shrubs is similar to the method for planting bare-rooted trees in ...

The cool, short days of winter usher in the bare-root planting season. Bare-root plants have been tended in commercial growing fields for several years, then dug and supplied to retailers with their ...

Bartlett Pears - the most common backyard variety are a sweet summer treat. Picked and ripened in August, they are great to eat fresh - during the summer. But we're still eating other pears in my ...

Establishing fruit trees in Texas takes some effort, but these time-tested tips from a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service ...

Bare root season begins as Christmas ends. Bare root stock is less expensive, less cumbersome, but more efficient than ...