Yardsmart: Fruit trees offer more than other plants

Decades ago, while designing home sites for orchard farmers in California's Sacramento Valley, I came upon one grove of heirloom white-flesh peaches.

Fusing tomato with tomahto produces a sweeter yield

Gardeners are accustomed to hearing outrageous claims for new plants or products that promise: Better yields!

Joining together

These days, a small, humid lab tucked amid the many greenhouses and outbuildings at locally owned Log House Plants houses the first stages of a process that could revolutionize home gardening in America.

Please, no chainsaw gift for Mother's Day

TORONTO, May 8 (UPI) -- A survey of Canadian women's worst Mother Day gifts included a chainsaw and divorce papers, a charity in Toronto reported Tuesday.

Going whole (or half) hog: Buying pork direct from the farmer

For customers looking to get closer to their food source, buying meat from the farmer guarantees taste, quality and flavor