I sat down with Russell Norton a horticulture and agriculture educator with the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension and started by asking him: why do we prune?

For those living in flats without any outdoor space or somewhere with big winter/summer fluctuations, indoor trees let you ...

They are transforming their urban and suburban plots into tiny family farms, replacing eye-catching beds of tulips, columbines and pine shrubbery with utilitarian rows of dwarf fruit trees, beans and ...

Bringing a touch of nature into your home has never been easier, especially when you can grow your very own fruit tree ...

Thanks to everyone who has supported my journey into journalism by reading my gardening column over the years and ...

Apples are the most accommodating and long lived of fruit trees, and they cope with our wet climate quite well. There are ...

Provide your indoor avocado tree with plenty of container space for the roots to grow in and spread out. Repot your plant ...

“Fruit trees will help you get more produce out of the same bit of land, so your plot becomes more productive. Let’s say you ...

fruit-producing trees. These trees are even shorter than standard dwarf trees, growing to heights of 3 to 4 feet when they're a couple of years old. Wade says, "Even the most rambunctious of children ...

Fruit trees need to be grown in the right conditions if they're to flower and fruit to their full potential. Bare-root fruit trees are generally cheaper to buy than potted trees, and the time to buy ...

Why it's awesome: Deep inside one of Gabon's cave systems lives an unusual population of orange dwarf crocodiles. They live in complete darkness, feast on bats and swim in liquid guano (aka bat poop.) ...

Astronomers have discovered a rare group of five dwarf galaxies located relatively close to Earth; these galaxies exist in a near-perfect alignment, resembling a string of cosmic pearls in the sky.