For many families, choosing a real Christmas tree marks the official start of the holiday season. The scent, the visit to the local farm, watching dad wrestle a half-rusted saw through the branches ...

Newly planted container-grown trees need daily watering for several weeks, then twice weekly through the first summer and fall, and weekly for the following two summers. Ball and burlap trees require ...

(Stacker) - At this time of year, Christmas trees are America’s most important crop. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Census of Agriculture declares Oregon the nation’s prime producer of ...

As twinkling lights go up and the scent of pine fills our living rooms, one question remains: which Christmas tree is better ...

The production of fruit trees relies critically on the careful selection and combination of rootstocks and cultivars. Rootstocks are used not only to control tree vigour and enhance nutrient uptake ...

Get rid of dead or damaged branches and keep the tree's size in check. If you look forward to harvesting fruit from your own apple trees to make jams, pies, and jars of apple butter, the first step is ...