In this occasional series, The Chronicle's wine editor, Jon Bonné, teams with winemakers for an urban viticulture experiment in downtown San Francisco. Throughout the season, he'll report on his ...

Vines are some of the most useful (and least-used) plants in our gardening inventories. They perform many of the functions of trees and shrubs while taking up far less space. And they add interest in ...

Q: We have two wisteria plants on a trellis that need to be trimmed weekly to keep them off of the rain gutters. If we don't keep after them, they'll block the rain from getting in. Can you suggest ...

[b][i]Our Vines Have Tender Grapes[/i][/b] is a typical Margaret O'Brien vehicle in that it relies as much on Margaret's facial expressions as it does the story and talent of the actors. However, the ...

This post has been updated since it was originally posted: It was Alexander De Raeymaeker, and not Alexandre Thienpont, who spoke regarding the conditions of vines in Côtes de Castillon. Mr.

Vines are underused plants in North Texas landscaping. They serve many of the same purposes as shrubs and trees, but they take up so little valuable space in today’s shrinking gardens. They provide ...

Summer is well underway and questions are flooding in to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension Service. OSU Extension faculty and Master Gardeners ...

May is often referred to as the “Merry month of May,” but here in this Valley I’m inclined to call it the “Luscious month of May.” Everything is bursting with life — the vines, the flowers, the ...