As the vibrant colors of summer fade into the rich hues of autumn, it's time to turn your attention to harvesting and preserving the bountiful fruits your garden has produced. Fall is a season of ...

California’s Norfolk Healthy Produce created lots of fanfare and a wild first year when it debuted The Purple Tomato in 2023.

Whether you're on a budget or feeling flush with cash, a supply of homegrown fruit at the ready has a way of conveying a sense of luxury and well-being. And if you want to take your satisfaction a ...

You don't need a ton of room to grow produce inside your home. In fact, here are several fruits you didn't know you could ...

Most lemon trees are ready to harvest about 6 to 9 months after they flower. Typically, this occurs in late fall through ...

One of the most delightful new year’s rituals for backyard food growers is choosing which varieties of vegetables to grow.

It’s summer! This is the garden’s harshest and most challenging season of the year, Southern California’s gardening equivalent to winter in most parts of the country. Pay close attention to how much, ...

One of the biggest mistakes gardeners make is not starting to harvest their vegetable gardens early enough. You don’t have to wait until the announcement of an impending frost before reaping what you ...

As summer draws to a close, it’s time to prepare for your garden’s harvest. Gathering herbs, flowers, fruits and vegetables is a lot easier when you have the right tools available. A harvesting basket ...

Stone fruit are fruit with one large pit, or stone, at their center. Traditional stone fruit are apricots, cherries, nectarines, peaches and plums; novel hybrids aprium, pluot, and plumcot have been ...

There are limes that should be green when you pick them and limes that should have a yellowish hue when harvested and juicy. When limes are harvested too late, they are yellowish, pithy and no longer ...