TastyLandscape Growing fruit trees at home in Southern California

Bearss Lime (Citrus latifolia)   Bearss lime overview: This is a vigorous tree which produces lots of large juicing limes.   Bearss Lime Fruit: Bearss lime fruit appearance:    When ripe the fruit is dark green to pale green, depending ...

Pineapple Guava (Feijoa sellowiana or sometimes referenced as Acca sellowiana) Pineapple Guava Tree Overview: This is one of the best and under-appreciated fruit trees for Southern California.  The fruit is delicious and the flowers are also edible to boot!  Even ...

Overview of harvesting water from the air: Have you ever seen sparkling morning dew and wondered, “What if I could harvest this dew so I could water my plants?” As it turns out an MIT research team has done just ...

Background: About a year ago I went into the garden department of one of those ‘home improvement stores‘ looking to get a nice vegetable garden box kit. However, when I looked the price tag for the pre-made garden box, I ...

The gopher problem: Gophers can (and will) do a tremendous amount of damage to your garden and yard. Those ravenous bottom dwellers will not only destroy your valuable plants but their holes are also a walking hazard. In general, the ...

Atemoya (Annona cherimola × squamosa)   Atemoya overview: The atemoya is a delicious hybrid of two fruits (the sugar-apple and the cherimoya) Atemoya fruit appearance: The fruit is heart-shaped or rounded and ranges in size from 8 in to 12 ...

Dragon Fruit Cactus Aka: Pitaya or Pitahaya (Hylocereus spp)     Dragon Fruit Cactus Growing Overview: Dragon Fruit look amazing and taste wonderful. Unfortunately, like many others, I have had difficulty finding useful information on how to get these plants ...

Tahitian pummelo (Citrus maxima ‘Tahitian’) Tahitian pummelo tree overview: The Tahitian pummelo tree produces humongous sized delicious fruit. Tahitian pummelo fruit appearance: This is one huge citrus fruit. The scientific name gives its size away (Citrus maxima).  Pomelo’s (as a ...