Better Homes and Gardens on MSN

7 Fruit Trees to Plant This Fall for a Sweet Summer Harvest

Get your backyard orchard started now by choosing from the following popular types of fruit trees that you can plant in ...
House Digest on MSN

Why Delicious Fruit Trees May Be Welcoming Ticks Into Your Garden

If you have ticks in your yard, it could be that they're being drawn to the fruit trees you have planted. But not for the ...

Grow fruit trees in small spaces with the trick known as espalier

Most trees with long, flexible branches, such as apple, cherry, fig, peach, pear, plum and quince lend themselves nicely to the espalier method. Even ornamental trees like magnolia, firethorn and ...

How to Remove Suckers From Fruit Trees Before They Hurt Your Harvest

Fruit trees must be heavily pruned every year or more to produce fruit, says Jean-Claude Rochat, owner of Arborist Now, Inc. ...
Los Angeles Times

These artists want L.A.’s accessible fruit to be eaten. So they created a map to guide you to them.

Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Saturday, August 3. I am Jeanette Marantos, a features writer at the L.A. Times. Here’s what you need to know to start your ...