Jan. 20—Let's talk about trees today. Most of us know the basics about trees such as, there are trees that stay green all year and there are those that drop their leaves in the fall and winter. The ...

Peaches, nectarines, apricots, Asian pears, plums, and apples do better if you thin them out You may have noticed that at certain times during the growing season, local grape farmers “drop crop.” That ...

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Many people feel that fruit tree pruning is too complex a task to be done by amateurs, but when we amateurs learn a few basic concepts, we can keep our fruit trees healthy, well-shaped and bearing ...

Thinning, the practice of removing some trees to promote the growth of others, is a common forestry management technique, but ...

Pecan trees have a tendency to bear fruit in cycles, producing a large crop in one or two years, followed by little or no crop. This cycle is the most profit-limiting biological problem facing ...

Those of us who have fruit trees have been enjoying their beautiful flowers for the last few weeks. Now that there’s piles of pink petals all over the ground, it’s time to think about thinning that ...

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 ...

GRAND TOWER — All appeared quiet and serene Tuesday morning at the Interpretive Site at the Oakwood Bottoms Greentree Reservoir and along the miles-long grey gravel road leading over to the Big Muddy ...

RIO RANCHO, N.M. — Tree thinning operations are getting started Friday at a popular open space in Rio Rancho. Rio Rancho Fire Rescue is teaming up with the New Mexico State Forestry and other agencies ...