With peach trees under threat due to freezing temperatures, Linvilla Orchards used controlled fires to warm thousands of trees.

“It’s not the ice coating that protects them,” Isom said. “It’s just physics when that water freezes it actually gives off heat so you’re keeping that temperature at 32 rather than letting it drop ...

When I was a child in the 1960s, Altamont meant cows and farms, hayfields and apple trees, old houses and open spaces. We had ...

The eastern tent caterpillar, Malacosoma Americanum, is native to North America. Their populations naturally fluctuate from ...

Did you know many fruits and vegetables used to look very different? These are some of the most drastic changes in common ...

Many people love fresh fruit, but it isn’t easy to grow in today’s smaller yards. Luckily, many dwarf fruit trees are ...

Apples have fiber, which may help with weight management and digestion. Plus, a nutritionist-approved hack to help minimize ...

The tradition of picking peaches at McDonald’s Peach Orchard is more than likely coming to an end as the property is up for ...

After this winter, it's OK to scream. So I'll scream, and you scream — if for nothing else, for ice cream. Opening days have come and gone for some places, but the majority like to make us wait ...