Don’t dig in your garden

Don’t dig in your garden

A light frost kissed my sweet potato foliage to death at the end of December, so I dug the tubers up. I don't do much digging in my garden anymore, it occurred to me. In fact, I realized, besides while harvesting sweet potatoes and Irish potatoes, I don't dig at all....

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Planting Reeve’s placenta tree

Planting Reeve’s placenta tree

Our third child was born last week, a baby girl named Reeve. The nurses put the placenta in a plastic container for us without discussion or funny looks; my wife is a labor and delivery nurse at the hospital, so these nurses are her friends. But also, this had become...

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Gardening at the grocery store

Gardening at the grocery store

Last week, I bought some dry garbanzo beans at the grocery store and planted them. Will they grow? I don’t know. But I have reason to believe so: Beans are seeds. And I’ve grown other types of dry beans bought at the grocery store in the past, like black beans and...

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What is organic, actually?

What is organic, actually?

When people learn that I grow a vegetable garden and have fruit trees they sometimes ask, “That’s great. Is it all organic too?” Awkward silence. I don’t know how to answer. I genuinely don’t know what people mean by “organic.” It’s not that I don’t know the word, of...

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Your fruit tree is grafted — Why? And so what?

Your fruit tree is grafted — Why? And so what?

We buy a fruit tree -- a Pinkerton avocado, a Cara Cara navel orange, a Flavor King pluot -- and we think the tag tells us what we're getting, but it tells only half the story. Almost every fruit tree you buy has been grafted. In other words, almost every fruit tree...

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I'm Greg. My goal is to help you grow food at home, with a focus on vegetables and fruits -- especially avocados -- in Southern California. I write a new "Yard Post" every Friday.

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