Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Citrus arrive in blazing golden splendour when all else is brown and flat in the kitchen garden. Oddly happy in ...

Are you always on the lookout for ways to save in the garden? You can use a cooking byproduct to feed citrus trees, whether you grow them indoors or out.

Q. When is citrus fruit ready to harvest? A. Florida uses five indexes to determine maturity of citrus, including soluble solids, juice content, acid level, soluble solids/acid ratio and skin color.

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 ...

A volunteer harvests fresh oranges from a tree in Metairie as part of a fruit gleaning program to benefit Second Harvest Food Bank. (Photo courtesy of Second Harvest Food Bank) In his religion class ...

If you want your citrus trees to produce an abundance of healthy fruit in winter, now is the time to care for them. Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, and ...

Last February, we experienced some significant freezes that damaged citrus trees, particularly on the north shore. It’s hard to say if we will have severe freezes this winter, but it only takes one ...

If you're a fan of vibrant flavors and the lush greenery of tropical plants, incorporating a Makrut lime tree into your home or garden may be the perfect choice. Renowned for its aromatic leaves and ...

Growing citrus is a dicey business these days in Southern California, and not at all recommended if you live within a two-mile radius of a tree infected with Huanglongbing — a.k.a. HLB or citrus ...

There’s nothing as sweet as enjoying a home-grown fruit harvest, but the wait time can be years for many trees to bear fruit. There are fast-growing fruit trees that can give you fruit quickly, though ...

Lemon tree not producing fruit: bury this kitchen scrap at the base for a ...