Find out how to prune fruit trees properly, plus tips for timing your pruning right.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If you’ve been nurturing flowers and vegetables in your garden, you may be ready to move on to growing ...

Sure, unpruned fruit trees can still produce a crop. But knowing how to prune fruit trees properly helps them be more productive and the fruit will be easier to harvest. This guide explains the ...

Hikers and other rural foragers welcome fall as a time of the year when persimmons are plentiful. The key to a successful wildcrafting experience, however, is making sure the persimmons gathered are ...

The American persimmon tree’s scientific name, Diospyros virginiana, is loosely interpreted “divine fruit” or “fruit of the gods” of Virginia. If you have tasted a ripe persimmon on a crisp fall day, ...

Like bright orange harbingers of frosty nights to come, persimmons signal fall weather. Pointy or flat, persimmons of all kinds flourish in Sacramento, where they relish the mild winters and warm ...