As you bask in the warmth of the home hearth, look back on the gardening season and consider what you might want to do come spring. Got a question? Get answers from Ask an Expert, an online ...

Compared to other fruit trees, growing a plum tree in your yard brings big rewards with relatively little effort. But if there's one task that you cannot skip if you want a plum harvest worth bragging ...

I received an email inquiring about pruning practices and immediately began to ruminate on the possibility of a connection between the act of pruning and the fruit known as a prune. It turns out there ...

When should I prune my peach and plum trees? While some literature suggests that January and February are ideal times to prune these fruit trees, other experts suggest holding off until the chance of ...

Dear Helen: We have four Italian prune plum trees in our garden, already mature when we bought the house 22 years ago. The plums are delicious although racoons knock most of them down before they can ...