…to Harvest Meyer Lemons Once you’ve grown your very own Meyer Lemon Tree or trees, they will need time to get adjusted to their new environment before they start producing…
Growing Meyer Lemon Trees Indoors
…the tree to produce, but grafted trees can provide fruit after only a couple of years. Young trees can be started in one-gallon pots, but a mature tree of more…
Why Grow a Meyer Lemon Tree
…between a lemon and an orange tree. The resulting fruit, while a lemon at heart, is a little sweeter than expected. The trees only get to be about 10 feet…
Agri View: Tree Nut Production and Value
There could be a new nut on the top of the production list soon. Everett Griner lets us know about current tree nut production in today’s Agri View. Tree Nut…
Deadline Approaches for Continuous Conservation Reserve Program Enrollment
…lands from production and plant certain grasses, shrubs and trees that improve water quality, prevent soil erosion and increase wildlife habitat with annual rental payments and cost-share assistance. Landowners enter…
California, What Are You thinking?
…due it, but one way or the other, those old trees and the brush and grass that grows fresh each year is going to be recycled. Either we send in…
Agri View: Farm Losses from Disasters
…told to expect a busy season. That means you are likely to see a lot more houses destroyed, cars washed down the street, or a stream, and trees blown down…
Plant Fruit Trees in Your Yard
…trees in your yard and how to do it. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Plant Fruit Trees in Your Yard Fruit trees are perennial plants that typically…
Agri View: Genetically, What is a Fruit?
…is a fruit. Remember now, genetically. The strawberry, the watermelon, and the grape, are vegetables. Fruit is mostly grown on trees. The first edible fruit was oranges. They originated in…
A Healthy Delicious Look at Cashews
…Ours. A Healthy Delicious Look at Cashews Today we are talking about cashews. This edible kidney-shaped nut comes from a tropical evergreen tree. Cashew nuts, often simply called a cashew,…
WHIP Signup Officially Open
…was authorized by Congress earlier this year by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018. Eligible crops, trees, bushes, or vines, located in a county declared in a Presidential Emergency Disaster…
California Avocado Season Is Strong Despite Fires and Hot Temperatures
…early to help keep the trees hydrated and withstand some of these triple-digit temperatures.” The timing of the warm temperatures as it relates to the timing in the California avocado…
Agri View: California Almond Growth
…Agri View. Everett also explains some of the uses for the hull and shell of the almond nut. California Almond Growth If you like almonds, and everybody I know does,…
2018 Almond Forecast Up 7.9 Percent
…than older trees. Weather during the spring was variable, leading many growers to be unsure about their 2018 crop. As temperatures warmed up in May, nuts were sizing well. Hull…