I sat down with Russell Norton a horticulture and agriculture educator with the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension and started by asking him: why do we prune?

In July, the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office announced that a first-degree murder warrant was issued for McGougan in the May 2023 fatal shooting of Dakota Lee Johnson, 17. Warrants were also issued ...

Kate PrengamanMaking optimum storage decisions for a warehouse full of apples or pears involves taking lots of samples to ...

Horticultural experts spoke about this, emphasizing that it is important to understand when and how to prune trees so as not to damage them. To keep trees healthy, it is necessary to take into account ...

Fayetteville police were investigating Wednesday afternoon after a person was shot and killed in a neighborhood between ...

Researchers are developing robots that promise to automate a process that has always relied on human workers—and bees.

New York City was once the "Oyster Capital of the World." A new art installation explains how regrowing their populations ...

According to USDA-ARS, the impact of rapid apple decline is estimated to cost Pennsylvania apple growers about $13,000 per acre and New York apple growers $3,380 per acre. Jesse McDonald, a researcher ...

With its wide boulevards and tree-lined neighborhoods, Homs bustled with business, an oil refinery, and agricultural production. Sunni and Alawite Muslims, Orthodox and Catholic Christians—diverse ...

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Thanks to everyone who has supported my journey into journalism by reading my gardening column over the years and ...

Can I reduce the height of my apple trees so all the fruit is within reach without a ladder? Is this a good time to prune apple and other fruit trees?