by Greg Alder | Jul 19, 2024 | Misc |
Here I have them listed and categorized. Each title is a link. Thank you for your support . . . so that The Yard Posts are all food gardening and zero ads. Fruit Trees, general: Transplanting fruit trees in Southern California Don’t prune apricots, cherries, and...
by Greg Alder | Jun 23, 2024 | Misc |
My goal with The Yard Posts is to help others grow food at home, with a focus on vegetables and fruits — especially avocados — in Southern California. How do I do this? I write short articles – “posts” – each Friday, and I augment each post with photos and...
by Greg Alder | May 17, 2024 | Misc |
We are food gardeners. We grow and raise some of our food, but none of us grow and raise it all. Who grows the rest of our food? I’ll share where my family gets some of the rest of our food, and I’d appreciate it if you would share farms or sources you...
by Greg Alder | Apr 26, 2024 | Misc |
I’m aware of four ways that people use to remove Bermuda grass. As far as my experience goes, only two are highly effective though. I’ll share my experiences, moving from the most effective methods to the least. Glyphosate Poisoning Bermuda grass with...
by Greg Alder | Apr 19, 2024 | Misc |
The new 2024 Yard Posts food gardening calendar is here! I selected beautiful and honest photos from my yard and elsewhere in Southern California for each month, and I packed in lots of info on vegetables, fruit trees, and watering. For each month, I’ve got...
by Greg Alder | Apr 12, 2024 | Misc |
When the eclipse on April 8 took the edge off the sun, I decided to stroll around and video anything interesting in the moment. The plants appeared to be behaving normally but the animals did not. All of my Yard Posts are listed here. Scroll down and thank the...
by Greg Alder | Mar 22, 2024 | Misc, Soil |
I’m not asking the question, “What is good about weeds?” Here I’m listing six ways in which weeds are good. By definition, weeds are plants that we don’t want wherever they are growing. But in the absence of plants that we do want in those spots, it’s...
by Greg Alder | Mar 13, 2024 | Misc |
Join me and the California Rare Fruit Growers, South Bay (Los Angeles) chapter on Saturday, March 16, for a talk on fruit tree pests. The meeting will be held at the South Coast Botanic Garden in Palos Verdes, starting at 9:45 AM. Please see the South Bay...
by Greg Alder | Jan 26, 2024 | Misc |
Cher is 73 now. She’s had both hips replaced – her left hip twice – and she is still working on the flexibility in her new right knee. She showed me how deeply she can squat, which is important for two activities that she loves: gardening and surfing. I met Cher and...
by Greg Alder | Nov 10, 2023 | Misc |
First I planted a Granny Smith apple. Second I planted a Sharwil avocado. Then I planted another Sharwil avocado. Finally I planted a Flavor Grenade pluot in this spot, but it too died. It was then that I realized it was not me killing these trees, it was this...
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