Apples, plums, and other fruit trees don’t need as much fertilizer as fast-growing vegetables that complete their entire lifecycle in a single season. However, fruit trees that are growing slowly or ...

Growing your own peaches is easier than it seems.

The pomegranate tree (Punica granatum) is more than just a fruit tree; it’s a timeless symbol of fertility, longevity, and beauty that has accompanied humanity for thousands of years. Native to the ...

Sow these 7 flowers in March for a blooming spring garden.

Fruit trees are wonderful, but they require a lot of space to thrive. If you're restricted to a patio or small back yard, consider citrus you can grow in a pot.

The temperatures in February this year remained all time high, around 13.7°C above normal, which triggered premature blooming ...

Let’s see if that continues this month as we head into spring gardening! March is the time to start your summer vegetable, herb, and flower seeds. Started now, your seedlings will be ready to ...

The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension system, serving our ...

The rain finally arrived at the end of February, followed by several warm days reaching into the high 70s. It felt like bathing suit weather, and I was tempted! Fascination is fertilizer.

By this time of year, Richard Lial’s Escalon peach trees – bursting with pink-white blossoms – should have been pruned. Soon the blooms would need spraying, and he would feed all 105 acres with the ...

Moon is setting low, Stars, snow glittering like gems Dawn will be here, soon. –4:30 am haiku One’s winter MO is just becoming established when — oops — winter appears to be over, although on Martha’s ...

Herbs: If you want black swallowtail butterflies to lay eggs in your garden, plant common fennel (Foeniculum vulgare). Fennel is a relati ...