Question from Karen: I live in a coastal town in California. My house is about five blocks from the ocean in a canyon that runs east west. Two years ago my then twelve-year-old daughter asked for a pomegranate tree for Christmas. That is all she wanted. We got one and planted it in our back […]
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Author Archive for Pat Welsh – Page 21
How to Make a Pomegranate Tree Bear Fruit
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Tuesday,
August
26th,
2014
at 03:50 AM
95 Comments
Categories : Citrus & Fruit Trees, Trees
Question from Dave: We live in Lafayette, CA which is about 25 miles east of San Francisco. We have 4 mature (nearly 40 years old) olive trees in our front yard close to the street. The city is considering constructing a public sidewalk which would come less than a foot from the base of these […]
Categories : Landscape Design, Trees
Lime, Peach, Nectarine, and Apricot Trees for Mild Climates
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Friday,
August
22nd,
2014
at 03:49 AM
Question from Rachel: Pat, your book has been a lifesaver! But I have a specific question to ask, and I can’t find an answer anywhere. I live in zone 10, Long Beach, CA. I have a sunny backyard that has 2 citrus trees: a lemon tree that became wonderfully productive once I did a major […]
Companion Planting Has No Scientific Basis but Planting a Wide Range of Crops Works
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Wednesday,
August
20th,
2014
at 03:49 AM
Question: The other thing you said was that companion planting has been proven ineffective – by that do you mean that researchers have failed to find that planting certain CROPS in proximity to each other does them ANY good? Or that certain non-crop plants actually do NOT provide benefit to crop plants… Yikes – that’s […]
Question from Zenna: I am just beginning to switch to organic gardening and would like to know the best way to fertilize my garden and outdoor pots organically. I live in Southern California about 7 miles from the ocean in Irvine. Answer from Pat: To fertilize organically, we first need to think of nature. Plants […]
Categories : Fertilizer, Organic Gardening
Spent Brewery Grains as Compost or Soil Amendment
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Thursday,
August
14th,
2014
at 03:49 AM
Question from Ica: My friend is a brewmaker and has tons of the filtered barley grains they use to make beer. Would this be a good soil admendment? Also should it be composted or can it be added directly to the garden? Answer from Pat: Spent brewery grains are an excellent additive to the compost […]
Question from Chuck: I made the mistake of pruning my dwarf grapefruit tree 3 years ago. I haven’t had a grapefruit since. What can I do? The tree is beautiful and healthy looking, but no fruit. Answer from Pat: If you cut your grapefruit tree back very hard, it might take several years for the […]
Categories : Citrus & Fruit Trees, Pruning
Question: We live in Fallbrook and are looking to build one or more raised beds for planting vegetables. We purchased your Southern California Gardening book from Costco but can’t find any instructions on building the bed. Can you provide us with a link or two for designs/instructions that you would recommend? Answer from Pat: Years […]
Step-By-Step Method For Growing Great Organic Vegetables
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Wednesday,
August
6th,
2014
at 03:49 AM
If you are growing organic vegetables year-round there will be some carryover of cool-season organic crops into warm weather, for example organic artichokes, which can be put in from transplants in March and harvested in June, or organic globe onions, which are planted from seeds in November and harvested in late May or June, and […]
Categories : Organic Gardening, Vegetables & Fruits
Question from Tim: Dear Pat, I live in central California, San Luis Obispo county. I have 4 trees about 20years old that dropped all their blossoms and developed sap all along the branches and of course no fruit at all? Did I prune wrong the year before? Grateful for any help. They were my father […]
Categories : Citrus & Fruit Trees, Trees
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