Now that the weather is starting to feel a little more like fall and the days are getting shorter, many gardeners should start to think about pruning and other fall gardening activities. This week I ...

Yakima County residents live in an American Viticulture Area (AVA) known for growing amazing wine grapes. But with a little work and planning, you can use some of the same principles used by wine ...

The dry weather stretching back to the fall has produced good news for at least one group of area farmers: those who grow the grapes that make Maryland and Virginia wines. An exceptionally good 2001 ...

I’VE HEARD FARMERS MARKET staff and vendors refer to their biggest draws as “the sexy stuff,” by which they mean berries, tomatoes and stone fruit. I get it: They’re special, in the rare and fragile ...