by Greg Alder | Apr 12, 2015 | Fruit |
Between January 29 and February 25, I took scion wood and grafted onto my deciduous fruit trees. I used the whip method for all nine grafts, and seven of the nine are growing today. Over the last year, I’d planted four new deciduous fruit trees, but I...
by Greg Alder | Apr 5, 2015 | Citrus, Fruit |
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by Greg Alder | Mar 24, 2015 | Avocados, Watering |
I heard a Master Gardener say she was hesitant to recommend that people plant avocado trees in their Southern California yards because avocados need a lot of water. Sounds sensible at first. We should be careful about our water use. But let’s think further....
by Greg Alder | Feb 26, 2015 | Avocados, Fruit |
It was exactly one year ago that our first child was born. When we brought Cass home from the hospital we also carried with us his placenta, and in the light rain that had started falling I dug a hole, placed the placenta along with the amniotic sac and umbilical cord...
by Greg Alder | Feb 23, 2015 | Berries and Vines |
Last winter, my friend Frank cut some pieces off his grapevines and gave them to me. I stuck them in the ground and they grew into new grapevines. Could it be that easy? This winter, I cut some pieces off those new grapevines and stuck them in the ground....
by Greg Alder | Feb 7, 2015 | Fruit |
My target is a staggered harvest of different fruit through the summer and fall seasons. I’ve chosen different species and different varieties in order to achieve that. There are certainly a few alternative species or varieties I could have chosen to achieve the...
by Greg Alder | Jan 31, 2015 | Citrus, Fruit |
Citrus are so ubiquitous in Southern California that you might think they’re native, and they’re so easy to grow here that I’ve gone for planting multiple varieties in my yard with the aim of getting fresh fruit off the trees almost every month of...
by Greg Alder | Jan 31, 2015 | Avocados, Weather |
The low temperature at the Ramona airport on New Year’s morning was 25 degrees, one degree above the record low. The temperature sensor under the eaves of my porch bottomed out at 30 degrees. (The porch’s shelter keeps it a couple degrees higher, but we’re...
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