There is nothing more satisfying than going out into the garden and picking fruit from your trees and shrubs for a delicious snack. Even better, you may be able to increase your population of ...

Winter is here, but gardening questions keep coming in to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension Service. OSU Extension faculty and Master Gardeners ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Believe it or not, wintertime is the perfect opportunity to prepare for the growing season. There are plenty of tasks to ...

TOM G. ASKS: I AM GOING TO PURCHASE A COUPLE OF BAREROOT FRUIT TREES. What directions can you share so I plant them correctly? After you’ve purchased the trees, soak the roots in a bucket of water for ...

Bare-root fruit trees don’t look like much, but there’s a lot of promise in the dormant plants. Their limbs are free of leaves and their roots have been cleaned of all soil to make shipping them ...

Q: Recently our neighbors converted their front lawn to artificial turf. The trees were getting some good moisture from their grass, and now they won’t. The other two sides of the trees are on the ...

Gardening is a perpetual adventure. You never know what you might discover. A seedling that you have never seen before suddenly appears. Is it friend or foe? Will it bear interesting flowers or be ...

There are several advantages to planting bare-root trees: they are usually less expensive, easier for gardeners to transport, and they will grow their roots entirely into native soil (rather than ...