Pruning fruit trees during fall is generally a bad idea. Instead, trim them in late winter or early spring, when the trees are dormant. However, you can still remove dry, damaged, or dead branches in ...

I make Pflaumenkuchen in the early fall when autumn plums, also known as Italian prune plums or blue plums, are in season.

UC Davis researchers in the Department of Plant Sciences have laid the foundation for understanding the genes that control the ripening process in plums. Po-Kai Huang, a postdoctoral scholar, ...

What's the link between dried fruit and blood sugar? Why portion size, fiber, and glycemic index matter, and how to enjoy dried fruit while minimizing its impacts on your blood sugar.

Correct pruning of raspberry bushes is essential. Pruning produces higher yields, helps control diseases and facilitates harvesting and other maintenance chores.

Trimming your fruit trees at the wrong time can reduce the tree's total fruit production, its tolerance for cold weather, and ...

I have found Miracle-Gro All Purpose Garden Soil for In-Ground Use to be a highly economical and effective amendment when planting vegetables from 3-inch or 4-inch containers. Two weeks ago, I dug a ...

Plums and damsons are often used interchangeably–but is that accurate? Photo: Getty Images Late summer is considered plum season: The fruits taste great fresh, as well as in cakes or jams. Plums and ...

Prune plums may seem an unlikely herald of the end of summer, but their appearance signals that back to school days are almost here.PxHere I don’t know about you, but summer seems to have gone by very ...

Plum sauce in a jar, garlic and blue ripe plums on a table. When my college boyfriend and I parted ways, it wasn’t the end of our relationship that I cried over – it was his grandmother’s plum sauce, ...

If you ask us, the very best summertime fruit is stone fruit. There’s nothing better than biting into a freshly picked peach, a perfectly ripe plum or a handful of juicy cherries, right? Their season ...