Pruning apple trees encourages growth and reduces the risk of disease. Prune apple trees in late winter or early spring to ...

Overhanging branches can block your garden or yard from getting the necessary sunlight, becoming safety hazards over time and potentially causing lawn or property damage. Pruning trees every so often ...

Your garden may be asleep for the season, but one tree benefits from a timely winter trim that ensures a more vibrant return ...

Growing a potted fig tree is a rewarding process, and can be done year-round with the right conditions. Place the container ...

With the leaves on the ground, you can see the shape of the trees and shrubs in your garden, but leave the pruning until ...

Dr. Alex Shigo died on Oct. 6 at his New Hampshire home. Known as the "father of modern arboriculture," Shigo is famously said to have dissected a woodlot with a chainsaw and tweezers, and he ...

Dec. 6—ROCHESTER — An online course will allow Rochester residents to trim back tree limbs drooping over their sidewalks. The Rochester Parks Department's Forestry Division, in partnership with ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — The Spa City and Sustainable Saratoga recently launched a partnership that will provide early pruning and other maintenance for the City’s young trees. The City Council ...

At times there is nothing so unnatural as nature. We have squirrels that are doing a bonsai number on one of our palm trees (the kind that look like giant pineapples). They saw off the fronds near the ...