Without specialized pruning while they are bare and dormant in winter, many deciduous fruit trees would be overburdened by their own fruit next summer. The production of excess fruit can waste ...

Q. I'm growing an almond verbena, and it is already about 15 feet tall. I pruned it in the spring so the fragrant blooms would be close to eye level. It's blooming beautifully, but apparently I need ...

While the olive crop in Tehama County is the pits this year, the almond crop is seeing record numbers, and the county’s other two top crops, walnuts and prunes are anticipating a good harvest. The ...

All are invited to the annual fruit tree pruning demonstrations on Wednesday at the UC Cooperative Extension office. Ag adviser and "all around nice guy" Mohammad Yaghmour will lead the free ...