Tag: fruit trees
Too Much Of A Good Thing
UNITED STATES—It was probably the extra chill this last winter that made some deciduous fruit trees bloom more profusely early in spring than they...
Flowering Fruit Trees Without Fruit
UNITED STATES—All of the popular fruit trees produce flowers. Otherwise, they could not produce fruit. The stone fruits, such as almond, apricot, cherry, peach,...
Blossoms Bloom Sooner If Forced
UNITED STATES—Pussywillow is an odd cut flower. It is neither fragrant nor very colorful. It just gets cut and brought into the home because...
Good Weather Can Be Bad
UNITED STATES—As if the lack of rain is not serious enough, the lack of cool winter weather will also cause problems for gardening. Warmth...
Prune Fruit Trees While Dormant
After centuries of breeding for abundant production of unnaturally large fruit, deciduous fruit trees have become dependent on specialized pruning while they are dormant...
Winter Is For Getting Bare
Even before the last of the Christmas trees vacate nurseries, bare root nursery stock begins to move in, and will be available through winter....
Delay Some Gardening Between Seasons
UNITED STATES—For gardening, this is one of those in between times of year, when summer chores are under control, but it is a bit...
Squirrels Fear The Unknown Too
UNITED STATES—It is embarrassing when my mother teaches me a practical gardening technique that I should have known about, especially if the particular technique...
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...