Paul Vossen, who for years was the local farm advisor for the UC Cooperative Extension, will teach a class March 1 on caring for olive trees that is geared to both professional and home growers.

Olive trees are ideally suited to hot and dry climates and can be very versatile plants for any backyard. They can grow in beds or borders, and are one of the best trees for small gardens, while they ...

Olive trees under the High Desert sun yield a fruitful harvest. The father-son duo behind Joshua Tree Olive Oil turns that ...

Olive trees, to me, are an intrinsic part of the character, look and feel of the undulating landscape of the Mediterranean. Alongside grapevines, they’re everywhere in Italy, Spain, France, and ...

Despite their significance, some wish to uproot and trade the region’s olive trees to flaunt in public spaces and private gardens worldwide. This is possible due to the trees’ insufficient legal ...

Growing fruit trees in containers gives you flexibility to control sunlight, size, and damaging weather. Try growing one of these fruit trees in pots.

A new study has unraveled the earliest evidence for domestication of a fruit tree, researchers report. The researchers analyzed remnants of charcoal from the Chalcolithic site of Tel Zaf in the Jordan ...

Extreme heat and drought has destroyed 70% of Jordan’s olive crop, endangering livelihoods of 80,000 families and a centuries-old tradition ...

The 50 acres of olive trees on Dunham Jewett’s farm in Moulton, about 100 miles east of San Antonio, look like a war zone. What had been 10- to 12-foot-high trees with wide canopies are now nothing ...

CASTELBUONO, Sicily — Our first grueling, knee-killing, bumbling and comically great olive season finally feels like it is over. We are rich in a new way: More than 70 liters of dark green, corpulent ...