TastyLandscape Growing fruit trees at home in Southern California

Treatment reminder: Leaf miner season has begun; time to treat your citrus leaves. What is it again? “Citrus leafminer” is a leaf deforming disease that will impact just about every untreated citrus tree in the US (and elsewhere).  It causes a lot ...

Overview: I just moved several tons on compost in only a few hours.  This is pretty fast for doing it solo.  Therefore, I thought it might be useful to share some suggestions on how you might do the same type of job efficiently. ...

Surinam Cherry (Eugenia uniflora)   Surinam Cherry overview: The Surinam Cherry is a shrub or small tree with very interesting looking fruit.  The plant grows well in Southern California but the flavor of the fruit is quite variable depending on ...

Blood Orange (Citrus sinensis)   Back Story: About 4 years ago we were driving around San Diego County when I saw a line of cars ahead of me pulling off the hillside road we were on.  At first I figured there ...