Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Since we are only in February, I’m sure winter is not over yet, but a week of temperatures in the 80s seems unusual even for a ...

CORVALLIS — It’s the time of year when fruit trees are on the minds of beginning and experienced backyard enthusiasts. More and more homeowners are adding fruit trees to their landscape and now’s the ...

Summer fruit is here, do have fruit trees and want to help eliminate food waste, reduce human-bear conflict and directly address food security in our neighborhoods by ...

If you’ve ever skipped growing your own fruit because you pictured a massive tree taking over the yard, you’ve been sold the wrong story. Plenty of varieties stay compact, fit into small spaces, and ...

Q: Several years ago at the university orchard on Horse Drive, you gave us a list of five different peach trees to plant, each ripening at different times. We’ve enjoyed peaches from May through ...

My neighbor stopped me at the fence a few years back and watched me struggling to stake a young apple tree branch down with ...

Pear trees can be roughly divided into two types: European and Asian. This distinction is not just about origin but also the fruit they produce. Fruit from Asian pears is usually crunchy and round or ...