Imagine growing your own backyard fruit orchard, but without having to do much in the way of pest control, weed management, or fertilizing because the carefully selected companion plants support and ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Jodi Trendler wants to get rid of some grass. She and about 15 Girl Scouts, Scout leaders and Resiliency Institute volunteers spent Thursday afternoon planting what's called a fruit tree guild near ...