It's been a brutally hot summer throughout the U.S., and it's even worse in many urban pockets. Trees can help.

Tips For Transplanting Fruit Trees In Hot Weather Last year, I got some young peach trees and planted them in early September. They did well, and one even rewarded us with peaches this summer ...

But when trees are out of sync, seed loss can increase to over 40%. For decades we have known that beech mast events happen in the year after a warm summer.