Fruit trees, especially dwarf and antique varieties, have become increasingly popular over the past few years as more folks seek to grow their own food. By adding a fruit tree to your property, not ...

The most effective pest control measures for fruit, shade or ornamental trees during 2019 will be applied this December and January. Many gardeners consider the application of oils as an organic ...

Folks seem to think that fruit trees are hard to grow and have too many bugs and diseases. Well, it’s just not true — unless you are listening to the wrong advice. Here’s a simple tutorial. Assuming ...

Looking upward into the branches of a very large elm tree. - Alex Cristi /Getty Images Summertime shade might be the most obvious benefit trees provide, but they also improve air quality, cool the air ...

Two insects tend to be the most prevalent pests in our area’s fruit trees: the codling moth (apples) and the western cherry fruit fly (cherries). Both create “wormy” fruit, and both, once the “worm” ...

Don’t panic if you see spots on your tree’s leaves or something strange on the bark. Get to work diagnosing the problem with this guide that features pictures of common tree diseases and pests that ...

Common tree pests fall into three main categories: defoliators such as tent caterpillars that eat leaves, borers like emerald ash borer that attack the wood of the tree, and sap suckers like scale ...

The birch leafminer, an insect pest that regularly disfigures birch trees, has been virtually eradicated in the Northeast. The credit goes to entomologists who successfully introduced a biological ...

Not a creature was stirring — except for the praying mantis. A resurfaced video from 2018 showing a home infested by praying mantises that snuck in nestled in the tree is once again sparking fears of ...

EAST TEXAS, Texas (KTRE) -Now that Thanksgiving is over, some families are trading in the turkeys for a Christmas tradition—going to pick out a live tree. “You can’t beat a live Christmas tree, and I ...

The hemlock woolly adelgid, an invasive aphid-like insect, is destroying Pennsylvania’s state tree and its forest. It is a headache to many homeowners and conservationists, but there are ways to ...