Charlyn Moltane, who gardens in Fountain Valley, emailed as follows: “My friend in Garden Grove has grown four apricot trees from the seeds of store-bought fruit. These trees are now five feet tall ...

You can’t judge a book by its cover, and, likewise, you can’t pick a tree based on a photo of its fruit. Throughout the country, folks will spend the spring picking out trees based on staged photos of ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...