Whether you are growing wine grapes or table grapes, it’s a good idea in our climate to delay the final pruning until you are confident that freezing, dry and windy weather has passed. The reason for ...

Pruning grape vines is a midwinter job that keeps plants shapely, healthy and fruiting well. Climate change means that grape vines, once the preserve of large conservatories and warmer hemispheres, ...

Do you have a grapevine that looks great in the Spring but awful by harvest time? Mike McGrath reveals how proper pruning, plucking and picking can produce grapes you’ll be proud of! “Every year I get ...

As you bask in the warmth of the home hearth, look back on the gardening season and consider what you might want to do come spring. Got a question? Get answers from Ask an Expert, an online ...

Q: Should I cut my grapes back now or wait until spring? A: I don’t like to finish pruning my grapes until about March 1. This is because I don’t know what kind of damage they will sustain this winter ...

March is a busy time for pruning. Go ahead and prune shade trees, hardy fruit trees, summer blooming shrubs, grapes and raspberries. Evergreens like Japanese yew, Juniper, Arborvitae and spruce can ...

I received an email inquiring about pruning practices and immediately began to ruminate on the possibility of a connection between the act of pruning and the fruit known as a prune. It turns out there ...