Here's everything you need to know to start your own home orchard.

The bout of wet weather this spring is doing numbers for the fungi and mold in the Ozarks. The Missouri Department of ...

For years, Apple has approached its affordable iPhones with a predictable formula: take an older flagship design, remove a few premium features, lower the price slightly, and position it as the “entry ...

BLD is caused by a nematode, or microscopic worm, that parasitizes the leaves of beech trees. While European beech are often planted as specimen trees, American beech (Fagus grandifolia) makes up ten ...

In Central Oregon, two cider makers have launched a nonprofit called Heritage Apple Corp, turning their passion for apples into a broader mission to restore and preserve orchards on remote public ...

Keeping a garden full of fresh fruit might seem intimidating, but it's not hard with the right care. Here's 11 expert tips ...

DENVER — A spring snowstorm combined with an early bloom could create dangerous conditions for homeowners across the Denver metro area, according to a Wheat Ridge tree service owner preparing for ...

Oak trees have a surprising trick to fight back against hungry caterpillars: they simply wait. When trees are heavily attacked one year, they delay leaf growth by just three days the next spring—long ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Every April, a different kind of blizzard sweeps across Chicago-area neighborhoods. White blossoms line parkways in Naperville, commercial strips in Schaumburg, and front yards in Arlington Heights.

A century-old, endangered Walbridge apple tree dwarfs Allison Robenstein, left, volunteer coordinator, and Hunter Hall, the marketing and events coordinator, as they walk through the apple orchard at ...