Protecting your peach tree in winter ensures healthy growth and a strong fruit harvest when the warm weather returns. Wrap trunks and crowns with breathable materials, apply thick mulch, and water ...

You’ve planted and pruned, watered and watched it grow. And now, at last, tree fruit is ripening on the branch. Then the birds descend. They perch and peck, pillage and plunder. And just like that, a ...

Sales of netting to protect fruit crops from extreme weather have increased in the past five years as researchers warn heatwaves will continue to impact agriculture.

Q: What sort of netting can I use on a cherry tree that will prevent birds from eating the cherries, and also doesn't snag birds? Also, will ground squirrels chew up the netting? A: Your concerns ...

ORONDO, Wash. — Seemingly endless rolls of white cloth netting stretch over acres and acres of young Gala apple trees in an orchard along Highway 97 about 16 miles north of Orondo. It’s a new sight ...

Dreaming of harvesting peaches, plums, apples or figs from your own backyard? Growing delicious homegrown fruit starts with ...