The growths you describe are suckers, which are new stems produced from the root system or base of the main stem (trunk). Suckers often grow at a much more rapid pace than the growing tips of the ...

This is a good time to amend the garden and raised beds with organic compost. Layer it to replenish nutrients lost in the ...

With a bit of extra care and a lot of natural light, you can have a beautiful home orchard in no time.

Damsons are lovely fruit trees that produce many dark blue fruits in late summer and also offer white blossom in spring. These historic fruit trees have been cultivated and harvested for centuries.

Discover the best conditions for our feathered friends and you'll have a yard alive with birdsong and beauty ...

Chocolate prices at U.S. retail stores rose 14% between Jan. 1 and the first week of February compared to last year.

More than 700 Illinois schools are within a quarter-mile of crop fields, yet state law doesn’t require pesticide applicators ...

The flowers of late winter and early spring occupy places in our hearts well out of proportion to their size.” ~ Gertrude ...

Fruit trees are dormant. So are all the diseases and insects that prey on the fruit trees. The trees and insects will come to ...

Something buzzing around your kitchen? It might be fruit flies. Here's what attracts them, plus several homemade fruit fly ...