Mar. 6—WATERFORD — Friends of Harkness pruned apple trees Wednesday at Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford. The group started pruning the trees in middle of February and need to finish before ...

Growing an apple tree is a great way to enjoy delicious, fresh fruit from the comfort of your own home. Once these plants reach maturity, they can produce hundreds of apples per year—so you'll always ...

A garden is more than just a pretty backdrop or a source of homegrown produce -- it's a living system, and the plants you choose can play a powerful role in supporting its health and biodiversity.

Almost everyone has a favorite apple memory, whether it’s bobbing for apples at Halloween, eating a wonderful apple pie, or picking apples on a crisp fall day. If you have a little space on your ...

If you plant a seed from a Gala apple, the chances are one in a hundred (or less) that the fruit produced from the tree that grows will be sweet. As Henry David Thoreau remarked, such seedling-grown ...

Learn how champion trees are measured and the special care they receive Peggy Singlemann visits Maymont to view the collection of large trees with Sean Proietti. The historic park features many state ...

Well, Hot Rod Henry was at it again. My garden hose has a new home wrapped around the lawn mower blade. Ever try to get a hose from under a 1,000-pound lawn mower? Not the easiest job I ever had. We ...