. Eureka lemon trees are notorious for producing freakishly shaped lemons – especially along the cooler coastal climate (like ours in the Bay Area). Personally, I like the occasional odd-ball that my tree kicks out – and so do kids. But if more and more of your lemons are turning out like this you may [...]
. It’s January here in Northern California and today I ate the first (of many) oranges off my ‘Washington Navel’ tree…. . I LOVE that first, sweet-with-a-faint-hint-of-sour-taste the season’s first orange gives me…I look forward to it all year, beginning in late Spring when my garden is literally blanketed with the scent of it’s heavenly [...]
. I woke up this morning to a whopping 26 degrees. I can already hear those of you in other parts of the country laughing at my wimpy-ness, but please remember – I live in California!! The Bay Area, to be exact – Zone 8!!! I’m not accustomed to this weather…and more importantly, my PLANTS [...]
. It’s been a cold and frosty December, and this is the time when I begin to receive daily emails from people asking how and when to prune their perennials. Here in the Bay Area (USDA zone 8b) most of our gardens are still looking pretty good – some of the more tender annuals are [...]
Why do variegated plants revert back to solid green over time?
