To properly manage a tree, you need to know what species it is. Plus, tree identification is a lot of fun. Knowing a tree’s species is key to understanding their proper growing conditions, how to ...
CALDWELL — George Raino and Richard Uhlmann have been hunting for a prize that could be hidden in plain sight. As co-founders of the Lost Apple Project‘s Idaho chapter, Raino and Uhlmann investigate ...
LEELANAU COUNTY, MI -- Take a bite out of history while visiting Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore this fall. Orchards within the Port Oneida Historic District in the national park have heirloom ...
Mother Nature has us in a waiting game as to when she will let us get out in the garden and begin the new garden season. However, for people like Dave Benscoter and the folks involved in the Lost ...
Growing up in Swain County, North Carolina, Nathan Dee Greene ate a lot of apples. The family had several trees of their own, but every fall, they bought bushels from the nearby orchard on Laurel ...
A couple of years ago, one of the rarest apple trees in North America was discovered in Ron and Jeanne Russell’s Verona Island backyard. Perched crookedly on a hill overlooking the Penobscot River, ...
With more than 7,500 varieties of apples from which to choose, there’s more than one way to “keep the doctor away.” But keeping apples healthy can be as challenging as keeping the humans who love them ...
Knowing it can take an apple tree anywhere from two to 10 years to bear fruit, the owners of Tuttle Orchards started years ...
Having delicious apples right in your back yard is a treat. Our Master gardener will help you decide to go for a dwarf apple ...
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 ...
Scientists say there are more than 60,000 tree species worldwide. When it comes it identifying a species, there are many different characteristics that can be used — from its leaves to where it is ...