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.

County also deserves blame for outages

Yes, Pepco should indeed be taken to ask for subpar service. And so should Montgomery County for neglecting the county's trees.

Our Garden: Tomato woes and native plants

Even the experts sometimes get it wrong. That's what makes a gardener good.

Anger flutters over 'Butterfly Town USA'

Pacific Grove residents demand the city make up for last year's pruning that reduced the eucalyptus branches in a monarch sanctuary. What if the butterflies don't return, they ask. In Pacific Grove, you don't rile butterflies or the people who love them.

A greener Brattleboro

Monday, Aug. 30 2010 BRATTLEBORO -- When Bill Knowles, 68, moved to downtown Brattleboro s Wilder Building two years ago, he didn t know what he was going to do in his spare time, now that he didn t have his own garden.