Autumn paints the lawn gold, and rakes stay in the shed. A quiet choice now shapes what ripens on your trees. As the last apples drop and the first frosts ...

Q. I have two Bradford pear trees in my backyard. About half the leaves on one have turned dark-burgundy-brown while the leaves on the other tree are a healthy green. E.N., Houston A: It could be fire ...

Q. How do I know when it’s time to pick my pears? Last year I picked them when I thought they were ripe, but they were bad (the cores were brown and mushy). European pears need to be harvested when ...

Recently, a reader wrote to the Centre Daily Times that their neighbor experienced several flat tires on his farm machinery this summer while making hay in fields around his Boalsburg farm.

ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork)-- Trees are under attack by a hard-to-control fungus that's been making the rounds, wiping out beautiful street and backyard pear trees across the area. "You can ...