The Yard Posts avocado calendar 2022
The new year's calendar is designed and being printed! This 2022 avocado calendar includes some changes and additions: Section on how to plant an avocado tree correctlyAll new photosWeeks starting on Sunday (instead of Monday, as last year)Extra information for each...
Mexicola Grande (3-1-1) avocado tree: a profile
Here is a video showing characteristics of the Mexicola Grande variety of avocado tree (originally known as '3-1-1'): And here is a video showing characteristics of the Mexicola Grande variety of avocado fruit: All of my avocado variety profiles are listed HERE All of...
What to do in a Southern California garden in December
(This post was originally written in 2017.) Last December, these little chicken herders were helping the flock get their greens. Not so this December. Where’s the rain? Even more important, when are the Santa Anas going to let up? Down in San Diego County, I'm...
Spacing and interplanting for broccoli, cauliflower, and cabbage
Because broccoli, cauliflower, and cabbage plants become big once mature, they must be spaced far apart. But why waste the garden ground between them during their young days? Spacing At maturity, broccoli, cauliflower, and cabbage (BCC) plants can span four feet...
Watering Cheat Sheet for vegetables and fruit trees
I'm always trying to make watering vegetables and fruit trees more turnkey. I don't want to have to solve math equations every time I water in order to water within the range of effective and efficient, but I also don't want to be shooting in the dark each time I turn...
What to do in a Southern California garden in November
November is cool. The barometer falls to an average high of 73 this month, in my yard, which is about the same as most yards in Southern California. And the average daily evapotranspiration rate is only 0.08 inches in November, a threefold decrease compared to the...
Fertilizing avocado trees
In 2018, I visited the largest organic avocado farm in California. It’s those hills in the photo above -- they're covered with 1,000 acres of avocado trees. And I felt vindicated when I saw that they care for the soil under their trees in essentially the same way that...
Shoemaker Farm u-pick persimmons, Ramona
Note for 2021 season: Shoemaker Farm is now open for persimmon picking. The farm address is 18131 Traylor Road, Ramona. They are open from 8 AM to 5 PM on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The cost for a five-gallon bucket full of persimmons is $30. Below is my...
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