Michelle Le Strange: Summer time pruning in the backyard orchard - Visalia Times-Delta

Michelle Le Strange: Summer time pruning in the backyard orchard Visalia Times-Delta My backyard orchard consists of two navel orange trees, two varieties of espaliered pears, a crabapple, and a peach and a nectarine tree. ... and more »

Fall gardening 101 - Times and Transcript

Fall gardening 101 Times and Transcript Don't prune early flowering shrubs such as forsythia, lilacs, bridal wreath spirea, rhododendrons, magnolias and mock orange in the fall because they set ... and more »

Anger flutters over 'Butterfly Town USA' - Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times

Anger flutters over 'Butterfly Town USA' Los Angeles Times The city, which had identified the tree as dangerous, paid $1 million to settle the family's lawsuit. As anger over last fall's pruning job grew, ... and more »

Shaping up nicely: Topiary isn't just for stately homes - Daily Mail

Daily Mail

Shaping up nicely: Topiary isn't just for stately homes Daily Mail Cut out crossing branches on an apple tree and it is pruning. Train it as an espalier and it is topiary. You could say that topiary is a metaphor for all ...

Derek Morikawa's Robots Pick Oranges From Trees (Really) - Fast Company

Fast Company

Derek Morikawa's Robots Pick Oranges From Trees (Really) Fast Company We realized that if we scan the orange tree first, we can tell where 95% to 99% of the oranges are in three dimensions. You can then calculate the most ...