Let me be totally honest with you up front. I love to prune! Trees, bushes, perennials, grass; you name it. And yes, mowing ...

March is a great time to prune most trees and shrubs. Bare branches mean you can more easily see their basic shape. Also, pruning now before active growth means plants won't waste energy growing new ...

Many ornamental and fruit trees can benefit from pruning in April, but not all of them. Indeed, you can do serious harm by trimming at the wrong time. On that note, we reveal seven trees to never ...

A thinning cut removes the branch at its junction with the trunk or limb. This type of cut is demonstrated on a tree in early spring at the University of Maine Agriculture and Forest Experiment ...

Your personal citrus grove will flourish.

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. That small window of opportunity to trim oak trees (December through the end of February) is quickly ...

Many homeowners bring out their loppers and pruning saws in spring for one reason or another. Maybe they’re opening up the ...

The effects of the changing climate are felt in all aspects of ecology, from the melting of the ice caps to the acidification of the oceans. However, one more recent finding suggests that even trees ...