Making clay soil hospitable to fruit trees - San Francisco Gate

Saturday, November 1, 2008 Q: We have had three years of poor fruit production from our apricot and plum trees. We were planning to plant more fruit trees this year. What would you advise us to do to get better fruit? We live in Petaluma and have ...

Fiddling around in the fall garden - Oregonian

The ancient ginkgo glows with color. Perfect timing for this reader question: "I am very interested in the fall plantings even at this late date. My confusion lies in understanding which ones to work with now, how to protect them, if they need it ...

Rainy season is back, gardeners - Visalia Times-Delta

There's just a little time left to plant cool season lawns, trees, shrubs, winter vegetables and native plants.Finish planting winter annuals early in the month or they may just sit until weather warms again in spring.Get all your spring flowering ...

Mother's Garden: Buying local is the smart thing to do - Belmont Citizen-Herald

It's the season of the harvest. How lucky we are to have so much beautiful food, fresh and ripe, to put on the table. Especially when it's grown at local farms. More important is: Do you know where your food is coming from? We watch with horror the ...

The old church in the new world - Delmarva Now

Nestled along Chipman Pond and among oaks and dogwood, the all-wood, 40-by-60-foot church may be one of the best-preserved period churches of its kind in the nation, said member Kendal Jones. The one-room sanctuary, crafted of heart pine from trees ...