While many edible plants last a single season, or a few years at the most, these trees will keep providing fruit to your ...

In Fielding Questions, readers also asked about why cucumbers might be ailing and what to do about mushrooms in the lawn.

Leaf miners are just one of the many pests that affect our gardens. The two leaf miner types most often found in Marin are ...

Question: My ash tree and sycamore tree are losing leaves, which are somewhat disfigured and have blackened areas on the leaves. What should I do? Answer: Recent rains have led to a buildup of ...

Like in tree-based algorithms, the data are split according to simple decision rules. The goodness of slits is evaluated in gain terms fitting Linear Models in the nodes. This implies that the models ...

Fungi are fun and fascinating but can indicate a tree is in trouble.

The most wind-resistant trees have deep, extensive roots, strong trunks, and flexible wood that bends under wind pressure ...

Abstract: The problem of automatic leaf identification is particularly challenging because, in addition to constraints derived from image processing such as geometric deformations (rotation, scale, ...

The persimmon tree (Diospyrus virginiana) is characterized by its unique bark, often referred to as "alligator" bark. Its leaves are oval-shaped and typically turn yellow in the fall. The average ...

Plus, the plant of the week. "Do you know what causes some of my pear trees, leaves and branches to turn brown and die? It still produces fruit." - Pam Grumpy Gardener: Well, what she's saying is that ...

Japanese dwarf persimmon tree (Diospyros kaki) is an indoor fruit tree that produces ... Place your fruit tree near a sunny window away from drafty vents and mist the leaves to create a humid ...