Editor’s note: Get Growing, written by the La Plata County Extension Office’s Master Gardener Program, appears during the growing season. It features timely tips and suggestions for your garden and ...
While it is exciting and gratifying to see all the new fruit appearing on your trees in the spring, it is necessary to remove some immature fruit in order to get the large, strong, healthy fruit you ...
For those of you who still have lawns, now is a great time to aerate them and help get the roots as deep as possible before it gets hot. In addition to aeration, try mowing your lawn as high as you ...
It looks like it is going to be a phenomenal fruit producing summer. Get ready for a plentiful harvest with these tips: • Fruit trees commonly set or grow more fruit than they can adequately support ...
Q: I have three peach trees that have more fruit than I have ever seen on them. I am concerned that if I leave all the fruit, the branches will break as they are already bending and the fruit is still ...
A great satisfaction comes from picking fresh fruit from your own apple, peach or cherry tree. However, successfully growing fruit trees in the Kansas City area can be a challenge. Proper pruning is ...
Q. Last year I had about a dozen apples on our tree. This spring it flowered so profusely it looked like a snowball and now it has so many apples we had problems with limbs breaking. It's had more ...
USUALLY, THE BEST time to prune fruit trees is after they have dropped their leaves and are dormant in winter. There are, however, definite advantages to pruning fruit trees in August. It’s the best ...
A couple of years ago when I was in college, I spent a summer working at an apple orchard just outside of Mount Pleasant. It was a summer of hard work with numerous learning opportunities. Farming is ...
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Fall Is an Ideal Time to Plant Fruit Trees – Here are 7 to Add This Season for Bountiful Homegrown Harvests for Years to Come
If you want to plant fruit trees to enjoy the joys of homegrown harvests, the fall is a perfect time to do so. The ground ...
Most of us know that winter is a good time to prune, but Contra Costa Master Gardener Helen Erickson says summer pruning of fruit trees is more beneficial and easier to do. The biggest goal of ...
Spring is a busy time in the garden and gardeners often find themselves with a list of chores to complete. If you are looking for some inspiration, join us at our Spring Open Garden Day from 9 a.m. to ...
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