MILWAUKEE -- We are growing a unique spinach substitute called climbing spinach. Actual spinach cannot be grown when it’s hot, so this is a great alternative. It is time to check our grafted tomato ...

Gardeners will be all too familiar with the never-ending war against slugs and snails, but now they have a new enemy to contend with. The most recent threat to British horticulture is the plum moth, ...

Getting back into the garden, checking out plants just waking up, inspecting branches then finding shiny little globs on a twig. Scale insects are a sneaky, little-detected, piercing, sucking pest ...

“Everyone thinks it’s a great, romantic idea to grow fruit in the backyard,” Colorado State University Extension Master Gardener Susan Rose said, “but fruit trees are quite a commitment, and pests ...

There are approximately 250 varieties of plums grown in California. They thrive in the San Joaquin Valley, are one of the easiest fruit trees to grow in the home garden, and are delicious to eat.

Q: What is this plant (see photo)? It is coming up in my berry patch. Is it poisonous? How can I safely control it? A: This is a common weed called pokeweed (Phytolacca americana). It is spread by ...

Q. I have a few blueberry bushes planted in the backyard, and they’ve done well until last year. They started getting brown spots almost like a bite (see attached photo). No evidence of a pest and ...

Whether you're growing Victoria, Avalon or Blue Tit plums, pruning should be done yearly to keep a healthy plum tree in your garden. Timing is everything when it comes to pruning your garden plum crop ...

Would the roots of a 25-foot plum tree go to a depth of 5 feet? A plum tree does not have a notorious root system, one that heaves up sidewalks, for instance. The vast majority of roots of any tree ...