The permaculture practice of 'fruit tree guilds' involves specific plantings to support an optimized food yield. A fruit tree guild is a group of plants carefully selected to work in support of a ...

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 ...

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 ...

It is truly AMAZING how much fruit diminutive (a.k.a. dwarf, tiny) trees can produce in a small amount of space. This is great news for urban and suburban farmers, even if you are farming in pots on a ...