If you look forward to harvesting fruit from your own apple trees to make jams, pies, and jars of apple butter, the first ...

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 ...

Heavy fall rains might have returned to Western Washington, but east of the Cascade crest, people still look to the skies, waiting for much-needed water.

CORVALLIS — From newly minted gardeners to avid urban farmers, everyone with a patch of land wants to grow an apple tree. Other fruits — pears, cherries, figs, plums — are desirable, too, but there’s ...

The warm weather we've experienced in Greater Columbus this past week has many a gardener itching to get outside and plant something. This past week I saw the first fruit trees available for purchase ...

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories. CATHY WURZER: Well, if you've ever wanted to grow an apple tree in your yard, there is a new tree on the market just ...