Q: What sort of netting can I use on a cherry tree that will prevent birds from eating the cherries, and also doesn't snag birds? Also, will ground squirrels chew up the netting? A: Your concerns ...

Here is a simple way to protect fruit on your backyard fruit trees from animals like birds and possums - perhaps even ...

You’ve planted and pruned, watered and watched it grow. And now, at last, tree fruit is ripening on the branch. Then the birds descend. They perch and peck, pillage and plunder. And just like that, a ...

Every year backyard fruit trees are robbed of their bounty, frustrating gardeners. Here are five tips for protecting your trees. Pruning Critters can’t eat what they can’t reach. Prune trees about 6 ...

In the home landscape, fruit trees probably provide the biggest spectacle; beautiful, fragrant spring blossoms followed by an abundance of summer and fall fruit. I have often asked, why is it we do ...

This July and August I have been enjoying the fruits of past orchard plantings at our home in Morada. I had a large half-acre fruit orchard where I previously lived and I had 60-70 fruit trees. Hence, ...