If you start typing in the search box at the top, you'll get a drop down, from which you can select to search just in the forum you're in, so just in Fruit & Orchards.

I always suggest one learn to use Google incorporating site:gardenweb.com. This gives a better faster more complete search. Some forums of GW's generation even recommend it in their help. Example ~ Chris0333 WI site:gardenweb.com ~ pulls up over 270 gits in a fraction of a second. I will try and help using +, -, quotes and the like if you will give some examples you want to work with.

There is an issue. Now you need to be on a post for it to work. If you are just on the Perennial Forum homepage (or any other) it takes you to Advice. It was brought to my attention on The Hosta Forum.

Just as with any search engine the more specific your search term the more relevant the results. Imagine what all you would get if you search "pears" on Google or Bing. ;-) So you have to be more specific in your search terms. Yes "pears" will pull up all sorts of posts from all over the site. It tells you everything you wanted to know - or didn't want to know - about "pears" or any post pears were even discussed in regardless of title. But search terms like "canning pears", "preserving pears", "pear jam recipes', etc. - things relevant to the focus of the particular forum you are using - gets you Harvest forum posts. https://www.houzz.com/discussions/harvest/query/preserving-pears/nqrw Dave