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Skip Fall Pruning — Do This Instead For Healthier Fruit Trees

Common advice may be to prune all of your plants back ahead of winter, but this can actually leave fruit trees vulnerable to ...
House Digest on MSN

The One Tree You Should Be Pruning In The Winter For A Healthier Spring

Your garden may be asleep for the season, but one tree benefits from a timely winter trim that ensures a more vibrant return ...
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Gardeners, are you risking 60% of next year’s fruit by leaving leaves at trunks: what experts found?

Autumn paints the lawn gold, and rakes stay in the shed. A quiet choice now shapes what ripens on your trees. As the last apples drop and the first frosts ...
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Growers say: plant cherries, pears and peaches October for your 8-week head start, 35% bigger crops

The quiet weeks before winter hide a decisive window for home orchards, when small actions can transform next year’s baskets. Across the country, ...
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The 6 Best Fruit Trees To Plant In The Fall

Ahead, the best fruit trees to plant this fall for future harvests: ...

In the November garden, create a base plan to help you dive into peak planting season

Here are the questions to help you settle on what you like, what fits your lifestyle and what issues you hope to resolve — and 6 common mistakes to avoid ...

A pear farmer tells us how to pick the right pear

We are celebrating one of fall's favorite fruits -- pears. Versatile and easy to store, pears are a great crop for the ...

Landlord Sends Someone To ‘Trim’ Backyard Tree—No One Prepared for Result

For context, pollarding is a severe pruning technique in which the upper branches of a tree are removed, leaving a trunk and ...