Greg Alder's Yard Posts: Southern California food gardening
Harvesting first honey
Timely posts for May 8
One-handed gopher trapping
Look, Mom. I made a citrus tree from scratch!
Avocado rootstocks: What do they matter?
Madalyn onion variety: a profile
The Anomalous March of 2026
The Gold Nugget mandarin tree: a profile
Growing an avocado grove under shade cloth in California’s Central Valley, with Tarcisio Ruiz
Bee Garden update: a more permanent pollinator patch
The most common mistake when watering a new avocado tree
The lifecycle of broccoli
A Year of Tours through Jacques’ Food Garden
“Growing Organic Avocados at Home:” a workshop on March 7 with John Schoustra and me at Apricot Lane Farms
Why I’m not worried about HLB, Citrus Greening disease
Avocado pollination seminar, February 10
2026 Scion Exchanges (of the California Rare Fruit Growers)
How to collect and store avocado scion wood
All about winter pruning of deciduous fruit trees in Southern California
The yard of The Yard Posts
California, where are your local avocados?
“All About Avocados” — a workshop at the 2026 EcoFarm conference
Meet Frank Meyer, of the Meyer lemon
December in Jacques’ garden
Growing mangos in Southern California
Do you need to plant two tomatillos to get fruit?
All Yard Posts
Transplanting fruit trees in Southern California
November in Jacques’ garden
List of Yard Posts
How I girdle avocado trees
Food rankings
Supporting The Yard Posts
September and October in Jacques’ garden
Persimmons u-pick: Shoemaker Farm in Ramona, San Diego County
Growing apples in Southern California
A tour of John Schoustra’s innovative, organic, low-input, high-density avocado grove
Growing dragon fruit in Southern California
Removing avocados to prevent sunburn
Hellen avocado: a profile
August in Jacques’ garden