Pruning can help fruit trees

Q: I am having issues with my fruit trees. I have two peach trees. The previous two years, both produced peaches, however on one tree the fruit ripened, but it never did on the other one. This year, both trees yielded very little fruit, and neither ripened. The plum trees did not produce any fruit, and the apple trees produced very little fruit. The pear did very well. All these trees are ...

Web might aid ID of mystery plant

Dear Jane: I’m sending you a sample from a plant that came up in my neighbor’s flower bed. We are trying to identify it. It seems to come up from a bulb each year and seems to spread. There is no bloom.

Don't give up on your garden

This would be an excellent time to ask yourself how many flowerbeds you can reasonably expect to keep looking nice through the summer.