by Greg Alder | Feb 27, 2023 | Avocados |
Coming to you from the Laferriere grove in Redlands, San Bernardino County, are avocados of the refined Pinkerton variety as well as the Carmen variety. See here for ordering details. Pinkerton Pinkerton originated about 1961 as a seedling among trees of the Hass,...
by Greg Alder | Mar 25, 2022 | Avocados |
No less an authority on avocado varieties than Oliver Atkins wrote in 1978 that Pinkerton “appears to be the best variety we have come up with for California since the Hass.” Why then, over the ensuing 44 years, have most of us in California never eaten a Pinkerton...
by Greg Alder | Apr 4, 2026 | March, Misc, Weather |
One day it got up to 101 degrees in our yard, and on another day we played at the beach and got sunburned and the ocean water felt like summer — in March. It was hot, but how unusual was that for March? And how did plants in the food garden respond? HOT...
by Greg Alder | Dec 25, 2025 | Misc |
It’s a cornucopia, dig in. Find all of my Yard Posts under the categories and curations below. AVOCADOS California, where are your local avocados? How I girdle avocado trees A tour of John Schoustra’s innovative, organic, low-input, high-density avocado grove...
by Greg Alder | Sep 7, 2025 | Misc |
They keep sprouting thanks to your support. Here is a list of them all: Fruit Trees, general: Growing apples in Southern California Growing dragon fruit in Southern California Rejuvenation pruning of stone fruit trees Scion Exchanges (of the California Rare Fruit...
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