We use many words to describe groups of trees: forest, wood, grove, stand, copse… But what about “guild”? (Don’t worry, neither druids nor dryads are about to be invoked.) Woven into the roots of ...

We often imagine a fruit tree as a lone sentinel. It's standing tall on its own, upright and patient, waiting to offer its harvest. But just like people, fruit trees can't always thrive alone. They ...

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 ...