Trees are a wonderful addition to any yard. Whether you are using them as ornamental privacy barriers or establishing a fruit orchard, having trees in your yard can add both beauty and function. Yet, ...

A: Yeah, that's one of the down sides of any fruit or nut tree in a high-traffic area. Another issue with walnuts (and their removal) is that their leaves, bark and roots put out a substance called ...

In the simplest terms, a nut is an edible seed. We eat many kinds of nuts, from hazelnuts to Brazil nuts, pine nuts to pistachios. Most of the country’s nuts are grown here in California. In 2012, ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! A chance of frost is in the forecast as the growing season winds its way down. Many gardeners perform a fall cleanup and plant a cover crop such as winter ...

Spring gardening season is just around the corner. As you wait, you may have questions. For answers, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension ...

Scientists at UC Davis have for the first time sequenced the genome of a commercial walnut variety. The information should accelerate the rate of breeding and variety improvement in walnuts and help ...

Correction: An earlier version of this story said just 1 percent of the state's 3 million maples are being tapped. The actual number is 1 percent (3 million) of the state's 300 million maples. In a ...

Walnuts, a top California export crop, grow in orchards like this. Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have for the first time sequenced the genome of a commercial walnut variety. The ...