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Do you want your garden to feel like a Mediterranean haven all summer long? Then it's time to brush up on your pruning skills and keep your olive trees fruitful and healthy this season. While you may ...

A question for Dan Gill: Our sweet olive has been in the ground about four years and is about 6 feet tall. We've heard these trees can grow to be about 12 to 14 feet tall. I'd like to prune off some ...

Our sweet olive has been in the ground about four years and is about 6 feet tall. We’ve heard these trees can grow to be about 12 to 14 feet tall. I’d like to prune off some of the lower limbs to ...

It is very hip to grow your own olives in the Northwest. Olive trees are beautiful, evergreen, drought-tolerant and unfussy about soil, and the right cultivars will produce high-quality olives for ...

“Mad pruner” is apt. Sometimes it looks like they were mad at the trees. But seriously, olive trees can be pruned in various styles and recover from almost anything. I suspect the severe pruning is ...

Q: I received a 2-year-old olive tree grown in a 15-inch container. The brochure attached advised planting in the ground 15 feet away from building structures. My tree is 5 feet high with a ½-inch ...

The dwarf nana pomegranate is a small shrub that thrives in hotter climates, and will fit into your home as easily as a ...

If you haven’t embraced container gardening, you should. Even if your yard is limited to a small patio or your winters don’t suit outdoor growing, don’t write off growing fruit trees in the small ...