If you’ve ever planted a young tree, you know how much care they need, especially when cold weather rolls in. Winter brings ...

As fall settles in and temperatures start to drop, safeguarding fruit trees from frost becomes an essential responsibility for home gardeners and orchardists. Frost can significantly harm budding ...

Having a fruit tree in your yard is the gift that keeps on giving. Every year, you can enjoy its edible bounty — it always seems to taste a little bit sweeter than grocery store produce. Growing fruit ...

When we spend time outdoors in deep cold, we often get red noses and chapped cheeks. In a young tree, sudden, deep cold can cause more severe damage: cracks in the bark. Such cracks, called frost ...

This year along the Front Range, we had one of the most beautiful displays of fall leaf color in a long time. The right combination of moisture when trees were leafing out in the spring along with ...

Young trees need a little extra TLC to stay healthy and protected from their environment, especially as temperatures drop below freezing. In the first few years after its planting, a tree really ...

Question: I am planting some 6- to 10-foot-tall fruit trees and a couple of small shade trees. Is there really a benefit to painting the tree trunks or wrapping them in that spiral wrap stuff? Answer: ...