Q. When is the best time to prune fruit trees? I would like to start pruning as soon as possible. A. The time of pruning varies with the fruit tree but generally most fruit trees are pruned during the ...

Q: I have two mature olive trees in my back yard. They do not fruit. I would like to know how much to water them especially now in the hot Tucson summer. Also both have sprouted suckers and I am not ...

It is very hip to grow your own olives in the Northwest. Olive trees are beautiful, evergreen, drought-tolerant and unfussy about soil, and the right cultivars will produce high-quality olives for ...

Orcharding requires effort, but the resulting yields of fresh fruit make it all worthwhile. One of the most important aspects of growing fruit trees is pruning. This applies to large commercial and ...

Growing fruit trees in the backyard can mean delicious homemade jams, fruit cobblers, fresh-squeezed juice, and home-grown goodness to add to any meal. Enjoying the fruit is the easy part. Keeping ...

Olive trees are ideally suited to hot and dry climates and can be very versatile plants for any backyard. They can grow in beds or borders, and are one of the best trees for small gardens, while they ...

A question for Dan Gill: Our sweet olive has been in the ground about four years and is about 6 feet tall. We've heard these trees can grow to be about 12 to 14 feet tall. I'd like to prune off some ...

“Mad pruner” is apt. Sometimes it looks like they were mad at the trees. But seriously, olive trees can be pruned in various styles and recover from almost anything. I suspect the severe pruning is ...