Tag: fruit trees

Get bare in winter.

It may not seem like the middle of winter is a good time for much gardening, but now that any unsold Christmas trees have...

The fruits of our labor

The vast orchards of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys are there for a reason. California is one of the best place in the...

Grafting fact and fiction

There are not many Californians of my generation who do not remember growing avocado trees from seeds when we were kids. We simply impaled...

Early pruning may have advantages

As long as it gets done well before buds begin to swell late in winter, the meticulous and specialized pruning that deciduous fruit trees...