by Greg Alder | Aug 23, 2024 | Misc |
It is the height of the heat of summer now, but this week I was browsing back through photos until I arrived at last winter. The yard was green. There was frost. Plants were wet with rain. What a different world – in the same place, just in the opposite season. Early...
by Greg Alder | Jul 26, 2024 | Avocados |
Jaime Serrato has managed thousands of acres of avocados around San Diego County over the course of his career. His perspective holds weight; numerous avocado growers whom I hold in high regard always speak of Jaime with respect. As part of the California Avocado...
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 | Jul 12, 2024 | Avocados |
John Schoustra’s experience growing plants is broad. Just his current ventures look like this: he operates Greenwood Daylily Gardens alongside his wife, growing and breeding daylillies, irises, and more; he is the Orchard Manager of Apricot Lane Farms,...
by Greg Alder | Jun 14, 2024 | Fruit |
I’ve got pomegranate trees that produce reliably, but I know others who don’t and I want to help them. So this spring I’m learning more about pomegranate flowers and tree fruitfulness. Join me. Pomegranate flowers, from start to finish This week, on one of my...
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