Fruit trees, especially dwarf and antique varieties, have become increasingly popular over the past few years as more folks seek to grow their own food. By adding a fruit tree to your property, not ...

Unfortunately, many pests love fruit trees and can easily damage leaves and spoil harvests. However, there are ways to get rid of these problematic visitors—without using harmful pesticides. For ...

Caring for deciduous fruit trees - apples, pears, peaches, plums, apricots, cherries and others - comes down to a few ...

What’s worse than finding a worm in your apple? Answer: Finding half a worm. Modern pesticides and strict inspection policies have made finding a codling moth larva, or worm, in an apple from a ...

Two insects tend to be the most prevalent pests in our area’s fruit trees: the codling moth (apples) and the western cherry fruit fly (cherries). Both create “wormy” fruit, and both, once the “worm” ...

After a few years of watching and waiting for a peach tree I planted to bear fruit, it finally did this year. Unfortunately, it was unable to produce during those first few years because of peach leaf ...

Planting. Fruit trees should be planted about as deep as they were growing in their nursery pot, but high enough so that all ...

My friend Michael Janik, of Michael’s Apples, is a fruit tree expert. He sent out an April newsletter with tips on pest control and said I could share them. “Look at your fruit trees. Notice that many ...

Southwestern Michigan is serving up a menu of the most delectable treats for the nation’s newest invasive species — the ...