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 ...

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 ...

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” ...

Many homeowners enjoy growing their own fruit, but they have also learned that they require a lot of care to approach the quality of products obtained from a commercial orchard or grocery store.

I received the following email from Doug Brooks, who gardens in Claremont. “For years, I have used some type of yearly insect control product to help protect my fruit trees. The last few years I have ...

A courtyard garden with a variety of fruit trees growing - Ruizluquepaz/Getty Images It's common for gardening practices to be handed down from one generation to the next and many tried and true ...

Caterpillars feed birds, which provide pest-control services in our gardens by feeding thousands of insects each to their ...