Depending on the size and variety of the pear tree, expect it to bear fruit between three to seven years of age. “You can ...

March is about one thing for me: anticipating spring. Every day I listen to more and more avian voices, thrilled by the steady increase in volume, stretching my ears to hear the first swallows and ...

If you love fresh fruit but don't have much space, many dwarf fruit trees are available that fit well in today’s compact ...

Q. I thought Natal Plum was frost-tender, but I’ve seen it survive several winters where frost occurs regularly. Is there a secret trick to get them to survive the cold?

The Lehigh County Coroner’s Office said that a woman walking on a rail trail was hit by a falling tree and killed Wednesday. Robbin Mary Danko, 61. of Springfield Township, was walking in the 1700 ...

If there is one thing that Georgia is known for, it is our forest. Georgia is one of the top exporters for wood, wood fuel and wood pellets. We have over 55,000 forest industry jobs throughout the ...

ORC is a self-describing type-aware columnar file format designed for Hadoop workloads. It is optimized for large streaming reads, but with integrated support for finding required rows quickly.

During a special visit to Wales on Wednesday, Kate, 43, revealed she enjoys making jam when she promised to send her own recipe for a plum preserve to a young royal fan. The sweet moment occurred ...

Trains were cancelled and delayed after a tree fell on overhead electric wires. Network Rail said there was major disruption on Greater Anglia lines after the incident was reported at 09:08 GMT.