Apple picking isn't the only thing you should be doing with apple trees this fall. If you live in a USDA hardiness zone of seven or higher, fall is the ideal time to plant an apple tree in your yard.

Help your tree thrive by planting it at the optimal time. Planting an apple tree at the right time and place ensures years of beauty, growth, and homegrown fruit. Spring planting is most effective in ...

CORVALLIS — It’s the time of year when fruit trees are on the minds of beginning and experienced backyard enthusiasts. More and more homeowners are adding fruit trees to their landscape and now’s the ...

It seems pretty simple to plant a tree. Dig a hole. Drop in a tree. Fill the hole. Add water. Go back inside and have a beer. What could go wrong? Yet year after year, we see trees planted incorrectly ...

As you stroll the aisles of your local nursery this time of year, you might find yourself getting hungry as you pass a portable orchard of apple, pear, plum, cherry and fig trees. As winter morphs ...

Editor’s note: Throughout the growing season, Mike Hogan, OSU Extension educator for Agriculture and Natural Resources in Franklin County, will answer gardening and home landscape questions submitted ...

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 ...

There are several advantages to planting bare-root trees: they are usually less expensive, easier for gardeners to transport, and they will grow their roots entirely into native soil (rather than ...