Q: We have several fruit trees in our backyard. One of them is a plum tree. For the first time, we have lots of plums on the tree. The problem is that the plums keep falling off as soon as they get ...

Compared to other fruit trees, growing a plum tree in your yard brings big rewards with relatively little effort. But if there's one task that you cannot skip if you want a plum harvest worth bragging ...

You don’t need a sprawling orchard or years of gardening experience to grow certain types of fruit trees. Many of the most ...

Answer: This is a great question. The short answer is “when the trees are fully dormant,” so any time before they flower or leaf out in the spring. But I’d like to know more before giving a full ...

Answer: Plum trees can definitely pose a bit of a challenge in northern Minnesota. Like all stone fruits, they bloom very early in the spring and if the delicate flowers get damaged by freezing ...