Harvesting fresh raspberries from your home garden is a fulfilling experience, and with some thoughtful pruning, you can maximize your harvest. By removing old and diseased canes and thinning out new ...

This fall I discovered a job that I dislike more than cleaning the leaves out of down spouts. Up until now scooping the leaves, pine needles and twigs that have accumulated in the bottom of the spouts ...

Dear Jane: Can you tell me how and when to prune hardy raspberry bushes? My mom has had them for years but can't remember whether she cut them back after the leaves dropped or just cut them off before ...

An ideal time to prune most trees and shrubs is just as their buds are swelling. Leafless stems make it easy to see where to cut, dead stems make their presence known, and with coldest weather past, ...

An ideal time to prune most trees and shrubs is just as their buds are swelling. Leafless stems make it easy to see where to cut, dead stems make their presence known, and with coldest weather past, ...

Q: I didn't get any fruits from my raspberry bushes for the first five years until I realized what I was doing wrong: I was cutting back the bushes at the end of the growing season in late October.

Most people think of pruning as either an autumn or spring task, but winter pruning has its place. In winter active growth slows down significantly, and your plants rest for a few months. That’s why ...