Juice up a small garden with one of these easier-care or worth-the-effort fruit trees for a mild climate

Plant a mini orchard in fall, winter or early spring to enjoy fresh-off-the-tree fruit the following year

Ripe for some citrus fertilizer know-how? This mini guide will help your lemon, orange and grapefruit trees flourish

Appeal to exotic good taste with fruit trees, palms and tropical look-alikes in your temperate-climate garden

A homeschooling family turns to DIY projects and multipurpose spaces to make the most of their California ranch house

Crashing trees left this Vermont home uninhabitable, but a redesign made it better than ever

Bite into tree-fresh apricots, inhale delightful garden perfumes and continue planting vegetables for a late-summer harvest

This Maui artist’s compact home makes room for plenty of creative thinking

Embracing passive heating principles through their architecture, siting and more, these homes save energy without skimping on warmth

Flexible stucco, intricate tiles and more have kept this multicultural style going strong for a century