In advance of the fruit tree pruning demonstration, here is a brief reminder of the principles of fruit tree pruning. Proper pruning shapes the tree to allow good sun exposure. This encourages optimal ...

A guide to when and how to prune fan-trained fruit trees for healthy trees and bumper crops, including tips for training trees and pruning established trees.

Winter is the prime season for planting and pruning fruit trees, and a little thoughtful work now pays off in healthier trees and better fruit later. When pruning mature trees, […] ...

Environmental advocates are calling on the city of Bakersfield to spend less money on trimming trees and more money on ...

Since the fig forms its fruit on shoots that start to grow in the spring, it can be radically pruned in the winter without affecting the following year’s two crops. The first crop starts to grow in ...

Members from the Sierra Club walked throughout downtown Bakersfield advocating for the trees to be trimmed less often. They ...

In around the first month since a long-awaited major renovation project began on the Burlingame section of El Camino Real, around 30 trees have been removed and road closures have ...

What started as a backyard dispute over pests ended with Phil and Elizabeth Rupprecht hauling out a chainsaw and cutting down 10 of their own citrus trees rather than let state crews touch them.