A guide to fruit trees to fertilize in April as they awake from their winter slumber, and the best types of products to use.

When it comes to companion planting, not all gardeners and scientists agree on the practice's effectiveness. Some studies report on the benefits of growing two plants together, while others show ...

Q: Several years ago at the university orchard on Horse Drive, you gave us a list of five different peach trees to plant, each ripening at different times. We’ve enjoyed peaches from May through ...

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Plus, plants to avoid pairing with strawberries.

Five things to do in the garden this week: Fruit. Lime trees are full of fruit right now. Considered the most cold-sensitive of citrus trees, the Bearss variety grows well in our area where minimum ...

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Those of us who have fruit trees have been enjoying their beautiful flowers for the last few weeks. Now that there’s piles of pink petals all over the ground, it’s time to think about thinning that ...

SoCal weather has been weird. We had the hottest December through February on record, then a heat wave in March. These ...