Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When watering the plants in our gardens, many of us often overlook a particular plant type: trees. It's easy to assume that the ...

Knowing how to water your fruit trees properly is the key to keeping them healthy and productive -- from timing to technique, here's how the experts do it.

A lot of trees and plants are suffering because of the extreme, prolonged heat and drought conditions, agriculture specialists say. "We're seeing mature trees, and especially recently planted trees, ...

Q: You have always said to add watering days instead of more water per application. During the hottest September on record, the water district ads told us to water fewer days (three in fall and one ...

High temperatures and dry conditions have resulted in many lawns turning brown in the last few weeks, but all plants suffer during hot, dry conditions not just lawns. So far, we’ve had 24 days of ...

Q: Our roots are firmly planted in old East Sacramento, where many new trees have been planted when mature, sickly Modesto ash trees were lost. Can our younger trees survive the summer months with ...