We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. As temperatures dip, your fruit tree is shifting gears, slowing top growth and prepping its roots and buds for dormancy. Fall is when you set ...

Close-up of an individual planting and staking a bare root pear tree in a hole in a garden. - Paulmaguire/Getty Images While you may be busy trying to make the most of your autumn garden, the fall ...

Person adding soil backfill to a pine tree sapling - Anastasiia Krivenok/Getty Images When it's time to prep your yard's soil for planting a tree, grabbing some compost may seem like an obvious step.

Growing a pear tree gives you sweet fruit and year-round beauty with very little maintenance required. For success, choose the right variety for your climate, plant in full sun, and water deeply each ...

I have watched so many videos on YouTube about composting, using a tumbler, building an enclosure with pallets, or building one yourself from store-bought wood that I thought I was ...

My previous column was about fall color. The accompanying photo showed my red maple in all its autumn glory. Now, a few weeks later, the tree is bare. As it has grown larger, the load of leaves has ...

November in East Texas is a season of change. The mornings are crisp, the afternoons are pleasant, and the leaves crunch ...

The arrival of fall means your yard is suddenly full of leaves. Instead of bagging them up, you can put those leaves to work in your garden. Composting fall leaves is a practical way to tidy up your ...

Now that leaves have fallen from the oaks, hickories and yellow popular, I can better view a distant ridge line to the north.