Tagged: home orchard

Harvest Day 2020 will be online, live and on video

You can pay a virtual visit to the grapevines at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center this year. Master gardeners will have video demonstrations on many topics, including “Pests of the Vineyard.” (Photo: Kathy Morrison)...

Mild winter brings spring gold rush

Loquats grow in clusters. The fruit is a blend of peach, citrus and mango. (Photos: Debbie Arrington) Loquats in abundance thanks to warm December These odd fruit trees give Sacramento gardens a tropical look...

Why so many oranges this winter?

More than 80 pounds of oranges have been harvested from this small tree. (Photos: Debbie Arrington) Judging by backyard citrus trees, 2021 looks like a heavy year. On tree after tree in garden after...

Goodbye to Amigo Bob, a NorCal legend

Amigo Bob Cantisano, who died Saturday, was an organic farming pioneer. (Photo courtesy Felix Gillet Institute) Amigo Bob may be gone, but he’ll never be forgotten. Organic gardeners lost a hero and a true...

Get some TLC for fruit trees

Fruit trees can get some help to be healthy and productive via the Sacramento Tree Foundation. (Photo: Kathy Morrison) Could your fruit trees use some TLC? Have your citrus been less than fruitful? Or...

Help plant fruit trees — and take one home

Get a free fruit tree (apple here for illustration) and help the community at the same time during a planting day this Friday. (Photo: Kathy Morrison) Help a community grow its own fruit –...

Gather those gardening questions for Open Garden

An espaliered fruit tree overlooks the Berry Project area, with the pond and the Master Gardener information area beyond, during a pre-pandemic winter Open Garden. (Photo: Kathy Morrison) Three hours of Open Garden at...