Greg Alder's Yard Posts: Southern California food gardening

I couldn’t help but photograph and ask about every food garden I saw even though I was in Indonesia for another reason.

The farther I get into growing avocados, the more I appreciate the part of the tree that is hidden underground, the part with the roots, the rootstock.

Your brassica seedlings come with free bugs.

In September, summer turns to fall, but summer never goes willingly in Southern California.

Marvel, BL516, UCR V04.

I’d prefer that you not remember that I predicted in early August that the heat of this summer was going to soon decline.

I fear that in this profile of the Murashige avocado I was too critical, and it is because I’m not a fan of giant avocados in general.

My freezer is full of Mountain Fresh Plus tomatoes, which is irritating to my wife because there’s little room for other items.

Over many years, if I’ve wanted avocados to ripen fast I’ve tried the method of putting them in a paper bag or box with a banana or apple, but I never saw them clearly ripen faster.