If you’d love to grow fruit trees but think you don’t have the space, think again. You don’t need an orchard or even a large backyard to enjoy garden-picked fruit. Instead, use a method perfected by ...

The ancient technique remains popular today—here's why. If you’re looking for a creative way to grow citrus and other fruit trees, then you may have come across the phrase “espalier." The ancient ...

Perhaps you've never heard the term espalier, a technique for training a tree or other plant against a trellis, but examples abound in Sonoma County. These range from ornamental vines on fences to ...

Espalier is an ancient horticultural practice of shape-shifting nature by training trees to grow flat against a wall or trellis. While you may have noticed these fan-shaped trees against a fence in a ...

Because rains earlier this year supported very good conditions, our garden plants grew nicely in the spring, and are continuing to do so through the summer months. Currently, our apple trees are ...

Dear Master Gardener: Is espalier too difficult for a fairly novice gardener? Answer: Espalier is a method of training a plant by pruning and tying the branches to a frame so they grow into a flat ...

If you’d love to grow fruit trees but think you don’t have the space, think again. You don’t need an orchard or even a large backyard to enjoy garden-picked fruit. Instead, use a method perfected by ...