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San Francisco Fruit Trees
Winter is pomegranate season
Home & Living
December 9, 2009
There are seedless pomegranate varieties available, but one has to wonder why. Pomegranate seeds are the point. We all grew up with them making our...
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Columnar apple trees are perfect for any garden or yard
Home & Living
January 22, 2009
Do you love fresh, crisp apples, but think you can’t have apple trees in your small suburban backyard? Columnar apple trees are the answer...
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Plant a fruit tree
Arbor Day
April 25, 2012
If you’re looking to add shade and enjoyment to your backyard (or front yard!) and something special to your produce basket, fruit trees are...
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Spring over to Guadalupe Gardens this weekend.
guadalupe gardens
April 22, 2011
Springtime is a time to get outside and “Spring in Guadalupe Gardens” on Saturday promises to fill your day with a local outdoor...
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Bare root fruit trees sleep through the planting process
bare root
January 2, 2012
Now that nurseries and garden centers are no longer selling Christmas trees, they have plenty of room for bare root stock. All sorts of deciduous...
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Canned peas do not grow on trees but pe cans do.
plant profiile
September 22, 2011
Texas selected a distinctive state tree; the pecan, Carya illinoensis. It is happy in the south and middle mid-west, where it naturally grows about...
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Early spring fruit tree care
DIY
March 15, 2011
Depending on where you live, fruit trees will be coming into full bloom in late winter or early spring. There are flowering trees that are bred for...
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It is hard to say if raspberries or blackberries need more attention.
bare-root
February 22, 2011
Their habit of overwhelming untended gardens gives blackberry canes a bad reputation. Their thicket like growth in their native habitats does not...
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Summer raspberries should get started in winter.
bare-root
February 18, 2011
The fruits of summer are still a few month away. The work necessary to produce them needs to get done now though. Just like bare root trees, bare...
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Some hybrids can be lemons . . . or tangelos.
Plant profile
February 7, 2011
Of all the citrus that ripen about now in winter and early spring, oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruits and mandarin oranges (or mandarins or...
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