The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension system, serving our ...

MOORHEAD - Spring is here bringing planting season. Early spring between the time that the ground thaws but before bud break is one of two optimal times during the year for planting bare-root trees ...

Happy New Year! My New Year’s wish is for nice, slow, soaking rainfalls to help our new plants establish and our established plants thrive. What’s your garden wish for 2025? Bare root fruit trees, ...

NORTH DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Two winters ago I was thumbing through some plant catalogs and ran across some blackberries I wanted to try in the garden. After making sure the variety was on the ...

Dormant pruning happens during winter, while the plants that benefit from it are dormant. Obviously, it would not be dormant pruning otherwise. Such processes are less stressful to plants while they ...

Winter has potential to be a slow season for gardening. Simple gardens may not require much dormant pruning. Established gardens may not require much planting. Where winters are cold and perhaps snowy ...

CORNISH FLAT, N.H. Roses have a certain mystique. Guys proposing marriage or trying to get out of the dog house traditionally buy roses. For me, long stem roses, which are expensive and generally ...

Most of the advantages of bare root stock are obvious. Bare root stock is less expensive and easier to work with in regard to installation and pruning to a desired form. What some of us may find ...

Deciding when to plant a fruit tree depends on several factors. The ideal planting time for bare-root trees is different from the planting time for container-grown trees. The type of fruit tree, as ...