Apple Squeeze at University Place orchard this Sunday

The apples are hanging round and ripe on the trees at the Curran Apple Orchard – but wait! Don’t pick them yet. The annual Curran Orchard Apple Squeeze is happening this Sunday and until then, hands off please. Come 1 p.m. Sunday and you’ll have as many as you can pick – plus the cider, some apple pie and plenty of music and fun as well.

Flat fruit trees produce harvest in slim space

Espalier (es-pahl-yer or es-pahl-yay) is a method of training trees to grow in two dimensions in an ornamental design.

Pears — little known star of Yakima Valley crops

The vast bulk of the nation's pears are grown in the Northwest, and thousands of acres of those orchards are right here in the valley.

Minute Man park grounds clearing makes room for farming in Concord

Minute Man National Historical Park in Concord received $1.7 million through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act passed earlier this year. This summer the park funneled $560,000 of that funding into clearing Buttrick Gardens and historic agricultural fields within the park’s borders.

Let your garden bask in sunlight

Shed new light on your garden by hard pruning the trees and shrubs that may be making parts of your plot shaded and gloomy.