NORTH COAST GARDENING: Bare-root fruit trees

Bare-root fruit tree season is upon us now and the nurseries are brimming with healthy, strapping saplings. Braeburn apples, Frost peaches, Rainier cherries, Bosc pears .

Bare-root fruit trees

Bare-root season is not just for roses.

Make Your Own Fertilizer To Get Proper Ratio

Saturday is the last of the pruning workshops at the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Orchard in North Las Vegas. There will only be one class, which starts at 9 a.m. The rest of the time will be spent pruning fruit trees. Come

Sweet pickings with summer fruit

Luscious cherries, juicy watermelon, tangy passionfruit, exotic lychees — there's a lot to love about summer fruits.

Mary's garden of earthly delights

"It won't make a bit of difference if you come to my garden before or after the cold," said Mary MacArthur, whom I first met when she was president of the late Dogwood Garden Club.