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.

30 Years of Shade

Algodones nursery grows all kinds of trees for N.M.

ANN LOVEJOY | Choosing cherry trees for the Northwest

A reader new to the Northwest is captivated by the wealth of wild cherries that fill our woodlands and gardens. She wonders how to plant one in her own yard, and also wants to know which sweet and tart pie cherries are the most productive. Finally, she is curious about a neighbor's cherry tree that bloomed this winter.

Vern Nelson: Grow giant mushrooms in your garden

"Eight-pound mushrooms? That sounds like a fish story to me." So said one of my editors, with a smile, many years ago. It isn't a fish story, and you, too, can grow this mushroom.